The Innovator Mosquito Air is a Canadian

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produced by

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of Rockyview, Alberta. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 208. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Mosquito Air was designed to comply with the United States

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, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft has a standard empty weight of . It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield,

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and a two-cylinder, air-cooled,

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engine. The aircraft

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is made from bolted-together 6061-T6 aluminium tubing, with a

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tail boom and support struts. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of and a chord of . The cyclic control is routed via the centre of the rotor mast and the main rotor transmission is a poly "V" belt. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is . Reviewer Werner Pfaendler describes the design as "simple, but intelligent and reliable". The Mosquito Air is the basis for the enclosed cockpit Mosquito XE.

Specifications (Mosquito Air)

References

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*{{Official website, http://www.innovatortech.ca/Mosquito_Model_Air.html Mosquito Air Homebuilt aircraft Canadian helicopters Single-engined piston helicopters

Design and development

Specifications (Mosquito Air)

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