The e-Go is a single seat plane that’s stylish and exciting to fly – with a 100 knot cruise, 900 fpm climb and handling like a fighter.
The pilot has a spacious cockpit, with a panoramic view and a simple, ergonomic layout. The display provides flight data, engine monitoring, navigation and check lists.
It is powered by a new rotary Wankel engine from Rotron in Dorset – the ‘Rotron e-Go’. This produces 30 HP continuous power and has an advanced electronic engine management system. Its few parts promise good reliability and low maintenance costs. It weighs only 18 Kg and propels the e-Go at about 70 MPG.
The e-Go uses the unusual ‘canard’ configuration, which reduces drag and weight and prevents a full stall. It’s made from a state-of-the-art carbon fibre and foam structure that keeps the weight to just 115Kg ready to fly.
In the UK, the e-Go is de-regulated, so it costs little to run, as there are no certification or permit fees. It can be maintained by the owner, third party insurance is cheap and it requires only a microlight pilot’s licence.
It can fly from the UK’s many grass farm strips and can be dismantled quickly into its custom trailer – no hanger required.
The project grew from winning an LAA design competition in 2007. The demand for it became self-evident, and so the e-Go project was born. The e-Go is being developed by e-Go aeroplanes Ltd at their e-Go Centre near Cambridge.
The prototype is due to fly later this year.
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For more information contact Tony Bishop, [email protected], 07768690086
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