The Mosquito Aviation XE is a single seat
homebuilt
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helicopter
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.
By 2015
Mosquito Aviation was out of business and the design was being produced by
Innovator Technologies of
Rockyview,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16'', page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ] By 2019 the design was being produced by
Composite FX of
Trenton, Florida
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.
Design and development
The XE is a development of the
Mosquito Air, with a
cockpit fairing
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and a more sophisticated exhaust system, plus a rotor diameter increased by to support the higher gross weight. The aircraft was designed to comply with the US ''Experimental – Amateur-built'' and European microlight aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat enclosed cockpit with a windshield,
skid landing gear and a two-cylinder, air-cooled,
two stroke
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MZ 202 engine.
The aircraft
fuselage
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is made from composites and metal tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is .
Variants
;AIR
:(2002) Open aluminum frame with tripod landing gear
;XE
:(2004)
;XEL
:XE with floats. Meets United States FAA
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles
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rules for and under for ultralight aircraft.
;XE285 – Discontinued
:
Inntec 800 2 cylinder 2 cycle
;XE3 – Discontinued
:
CRE MZ 301 3 cylinder 2 cycle
;XE 290
: CFX 800 2-stroke, fuel injected, water cooled
;XET
:
Solar T62-2A1 turbine
Specifications (XE)
See also
*
Dynali H2S
*
Heli-Sport CH-7
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://composite-fx.com/models/xe/
Homebuilt aircraft
2000s Canadian ultralight aircraft
2000s Canadian helicopters
Mosquito XE
Single-engined piston helicopters
Ultralight helicopters