At Midwest LSA Expo on Day Two, I gave my first Mosaic talk to a SRO room. The video turned out well so following some editing on the Q&A session that followed, I pledge to get this up next week. My presentation was a distillation of 318 original pages into a 45-minute presentation. Some described it as “drinking out of a fire hose.” The Q&A added another 30 minutes. Pilots in the audience helped me better understand this Mosaic monster. I hoped that would happen and I’m pleased it did. After going through the entire document twice and multiple times for some portions, more is yet to be discovered (though I’m getting weary of studying it.) Beyond Mosaic After a vigorous discussion about FAA’s new rule, I was keen to get outside among the airplanes that I enjoy. In particular, I wanted to have a closer look at Direct Fly’s Alto NG.
Beautiful Bargain — Alto is Back, Again! Looks Great and Costs Surprisingly Little
Beyond Mosaic
After a vigorous discussion about FAA's new rule, I was keen to get outside among the airplanes that I enjoy. In particular, I wanted to have a closer look at Direct Fly's Alto NG. This is not an entirely new airplane to Americans — we've seen Alto 100 — but the brand suffered from ineffective representation and was in danger of fading from the scene in the USA.TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Direct Fly Alto NG all information supplied by the manufacturer
- Length — 21 feet
- Height — 7.4 feet
- Wingspan — 26.9 feet
- Wing area — 114 square feet
- Cockpit width — 43.3 inches
- Fuel tank capacity — 24.3 gallons
- Powerplant — Rotax 912ULS
- Take-off distance over a 50 foot obstacle — 1,345 feet
- Landing distance over a 50 foot obstacle — 968 feet
- Empty weight — 705 pounds
- Maximum takeoff weight — 1,320 pounds
- Never Exceed Speed — 140 knots
- Cruising speed— 97 knots (Ken commonly achieves 108 knots at 5000 RPM)
- Stalling speed, landing configuration — 41 knots
- Stalling speed, clean configuration — 47 knots
- Load factor — +4 / -2
- Maximum Climb Speed — 1,000 feet per minute
ARTICLE LINKS:
- US AeroSports, American importer for Direct Fly
- Direct Fly, factory website
- Alto 100 (predecessor model), articles and video on this website