The Rokospol Via is a
Czech ultralight and
light-sport aircraft
A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly. LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated than ultralight (aka "microlight") aircraft, but LSA restrictio ...
(LSA), designed and produced by
Rokospol Aviation of
Prague, introduced at the Prague airshow in 2008. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 77. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The Via was designed to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever
low-wing, an enclosed cockpit with two-seats-in-
side-by-side configuration under a
bubble canopy, fixed
tricycle landing gear and a single engine in
tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from sheet
aluminum. Its span wing employs a MS 316
airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is the cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine.
...
at the
wing root, transitioning to an MS 313 at the
wing tip. The wing has an area of and mounts
flaps. The cockpit is in width. Standard engines available are the
Rotax 912UL, the
Rotax 912ULS, the
turbocharged
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...
Rotax 914,
Continental O-200 and the
ULPower UL350i
The ULPower UL350i is a Belgian aircraft engine, designed and produced by ULPower Aero Engines of Geluveld for use in ultralight and homebuilt aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pag ...
four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
powerplants.
As of March 2017, the design does not appear on the
Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.
Operational history
Reviewer Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review saying, "the fuselage lines are very smooth and the aircraft looks elegant like a composite made aircraft."
Variants
;Via UL
:Model for the European microlight category with smaller wings and a gross weight of
;Via LSA
:Model for the LSA category with larger wings and a gross weight of
Specifications (Via UL)
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.rokospolaviation.com/
Via
Via or VIA may refer to the following:
Science and technology
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* ''Via'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae
* Via (electronics), a through-connection
* VIA Technologies, a Taiwan ...
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