Sirius light sport aircraft, Bill Canino of SporairUSA introduces Sirius to the U.S. market, Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News newsmagazine.


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The new Sirius light sport aircraft was on display and flying at Sun N Fun 2010. Bill Canino President of SportairUSA took sometime out from his crowded display to talk about the latest plane to be certified in the Light Sport Aircraft category.

According to Bill the company moto is fly safe, fly fun and now do it Siriusly!

The Sirius is a high wing, side by side seating tractor modeled a lot after the looks of a 172 but fitting the light sport aircraft category. The plane has been under development for the past three years.

This development was guided by SportairUSA who with their experience with the Sting light sport aircraft had a pulse on what the buyers in the U.S. were looking for.

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The Sirius uses 85% carbon fiber construction, with the balance being fiberglass. The TL factory has years of working with carbon fiber with the low wing Sting light sport aircraft. The addition of the Sirius now gives customers the option of purchasing an aircraft with the Sting heritage in a high wing.

In addition to being a high wing the Sirius has been specifically designed for the U.S. market, and U.S. pilots. It has one of the largest cockpits in the light sport aircraft field. The control systems are all made up of pushrods using ball bearings which gives a very light comfortable feel. The control system can also come in two forms. The first is a standard yoke style of control, while the second uses a stick that can be operated easily by just one hand. Both systems originate from a location just below the dash, which means there is no control linkage to climb over when entering or exiting the plane.

This also means that pilots that are currently flying a 172/182 will feel right at home, and pilots use to flying with a center stick will also be quite comfortable in the Sirius. Speaking of comfort the seats are quite comfortable and include a nice support in the lombar area. The rudder pedals can be adjusted very easily to accommodate different size pilots, by the repositioning of a single pin. Bill also indicated that this adjustment can accommodate the tallest or shortest pilots, "we try to build the airplane and fit the aircraft to the pilot before he leaves us."

SportairUSA has found that the people that are looking at their planes want a "complete aeroplane". Things like terrain avoidance, traffic avoidance, 696 full screen GPS, a Garmin panel, with an SL40 radio, a transponder, and a 12 volt auxiliary power under the pilots knee are standard equipment. All of the circuit brakes on the panel have easily read labels and are group together for ease of recognition.

The doors can be opened in flight below 60 knots. The all composite door construction helps dampen an already the already quite cabin. The doors have comfortable arm rest supports and air vents built in. When closed they have a two pin locking mechanism, which has a safety to prevent accidentally opening. Fuel is carried in the wings, and each wing has a highly visible site gauge marked with the amount of fuel in the tank.

The four position flaps are electrically operated a pilot just touches the button and the flaps will automatically go to the next flap setting, or if held will deploy or retract completely. The pilot can also operate them manually by simply holding the switch until the desired setting is reached. With fuel on board the Sirius has a seven hour range.

Power is supplied by the Rotax 912 100 HP aircraft engine. With this power the plane lifts off at 35 knots, climbing out at 65 knots, cruise is 110 knots true airspeed at 75% power, stall with any flap setting with the engine at idle will only result in the craft bobbing action, it never breaks through to stall.

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