The Comp Air 6 is a light civil utility aircraft manufactured in the

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Comp Air Comp Air Inc, formerly known as Aerocomp Inc, is an aircraft manufacturer based in Merritt Island, Florida, owned by Ron Lueck.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', pages 97-100. BAI Communications, 1998. Downey, Julia: ' ...

.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

Design and development

The Comp Air 6 is a stretched and widened development of the four-seat Aerocomp CompMonster which had first flown on 3 April 1995. The Comp Air 6 has a fore-and-aft

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splice to widen and lengthen the cabin from the original design. It is usually supplied in kit form. The design is configured as a conventional high-wing

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and may be built with either tricycle or tailwheel

undercarriage Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include: *The landing gear of an aircraft. *The ch ...

and may alternately be equipped with floats as the CA6SF, amphibious as the CA6AF, or with skis.Simpson

Specifications (Comp Air 6, 220 hp Franklin engine)

References

* Jackson, Paul. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004''. Coulsdon, UK, 2003. . *Simpson, Rod, ''Airlife's World Aircraft'', 2001, Airlife Publishing Ltd, .

External links

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