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The Pro.Mecc Sparviero ( en,
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) is an Italian ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Pro.Mecc of Corigliano d'Otranto. The Sparviero is supplied as a kit for Homebuilt aircraft, amateur construction or 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 Sparviero was designed to conform to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The Sparviero is made predominantly from carbon fibre, with the wing skins fabricated from fibreglass. Its span wing has an area of and Flap (aircraft), flaps. The standard engine fitted is the Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, with the Rotax 912UL optional. In 2011 a fast-build kit was introduced that provides a completed and painted fuselage and wings, requiring the builder only to carry out the engine and electrical installations. The Sparviero was later developed into the Pro.Mecc Freccia Anemo, with additional streamlining and a new elliptical planform wing.


Operational history

Reviewer Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as, "not only stylish, but aggressively low-priced for mainly built of carbonfiber...."


Variants

;Sparviero :Initial model ;Sparviero 100 :Improved model introduced in December 2009 with a lighter empty weight, higher cruise speed, lower-mounted seats and lower canopy.


Specifications (Sparviero 100)


References


External links

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