The Pro.Mecc Freccia Anemo ( en, Fast Arrow) is an Italian

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, designed and produced by Pro.Mecc of

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. The aircraft was introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2011. The Freccia is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 71. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 74. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Freccia was derived from the earlier Pro.Mecc Sparviero, with additional streamlining and a new elliptical wing planform. It was designed to conform to the

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microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-

side-by-side configuration Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or, optionally, retractable

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and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from carbon fibre. Its span wing has an area of and double slotted flaps to allow a low stall speed. Engines available are the Rotax 912ULS, the

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Rotax 914 and the

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powerplant.

Variants

;Freccia :Fixed landing gear model, introduced in 2011 ;Freccia-RG :Retractable landing gear model, introduced in 2012

Specifications (Freccia Anemo)

References

External links

* {{Pro.Mecc aircraft 2010s Italian ultralight aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft