Fajr F.3 ( fa, فجر اف.۳) is an Iranian full
composite
Composite or compositing may refer to:
Materials
* Composite material, a material that is made from several different substances
** Metal matrix composite, composed of metal and other parts
** Cermet, a composite of ceramic and metallic materials
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four-seat training/touring aircraft built by
Fajr Aviation & Composites Industry. First flown in 1995, production commenced in 2001 after the aircraft was
certified
Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of a ...
to JAR-23 standard. It has been speculated that it is a copy/modification of the
Cirrus SR-20
The Cirrus SR20 is an American piston-engined, four- or five-seat composite monoplane built since 1999 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota. The aircraft is the company's earliest type-certified model, earning certification in 1998.
It was the ...
.
Design and development
The aircraft features a cantilever
low-wing, a single-seat, a four-seat cabin accessed by gull-winged doors,
tricycle landing gear
Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle g ...
and a single engine in
tractor configuration.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16'', page 150. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The aircraft is made from
composite material
A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials. These constituent materials have notably dissimilar chemical or ...
. Its span wing mounts
flaps. The standard engine used is the
Lycoming AEIO-540-L185 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 ...
powerplant.
Specifications (Fajr F.3)
See also
References
*Jackson, Paul. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004''. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. .
Exhibitors– IRAN AIR SHOW 2008
Manufacturer exporting direct from IRAN
External links
1990s Iranian civil utility aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
F03
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1995
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