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light aircraft manufacturer founded in 1994 that was headquartered in

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at the Dallas Executive Airport. While it was in business the company manufactured variants of the

Thorp T-211 The T-211 is a light aircraft designed in the US by John Thorp in 1945. It is a low-wing monoplane of conventional layout with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a sliding canopy. John Thorp developed the Sky Scooter with lessons learned from develo ...

and the T-111, originally designed by John Thorp. Sub-assembly and component manufacturing was contracted out to the

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n company Taneja Aerospace & Aviation with final assembly at the company's Dallas factory. IndUS Aviation was developing an improved version of the

which they called the Thorpedo LP. By February 2010 the company had 28 aircraft delivered and registered with the FAA, including one T-11 Sky Skooter and 27 T-211s. In March 2010, due to the

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, the company entered a reorganization. By March 2017 the company reorganization was still indicated as underway. By mid-2017 the company website had been blanked and the company was likely no longer in business.

Products

;SkySkooter (T-111) :The SkySkooter is based on the T-111 with an

Jabiru 2200 The Jabiru 2200 is a lightweight naturally aspirated, pushrod four-stroke, flat four, air-cooled aircraft engine produced by Jabiru Aircraft. Design and development The conventional direct-drive engine is fitted with an alternator, silencers, ...

engine and is accepted as a

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 ...

. ;Thorpedo (T211) :The Thorpedo is based on the Thorp T211 with a lighter

Jabiru 3300 The Jabiru 3300 is a lightweight four-stroke, horizontally opposed "flat-six" air-cooled aircraft engine produced by Jabiru Aircraft. The engines are direct drive and fitted with alternators, silencers, vacuum pump drives and dual ignition syst ...

engine and it is accepted as a light-sport aircraft. ;Certified T211 :This aircraft is an

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certified Thorp T211, similar to the original model and has a

Continental O-200 The Continental C90 and O-200 are a family of air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, direct-drive aircraft engines of 201 in³ (3.29 L) displacement, producing between 90 and 100 horsepower (67 and 75 kW).''Federal Aviation Admini ...

A engine. It is available in two variants, one with VFR avionics and another with

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equipment. ;Thorpedo DP :A prototype diesel-powered variant of the T-211 was produced in 2008, it is fitted with a WAM 120 two-stroke inverted diesel engine.

References

External links

*{{Official website, www.indusav.com
IndUS Aviation website archives
on

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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United States Companies based in Dallas American companies established in 1994 American companies disestablished in 2017

Products

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