Direct Fly ArGO
{{Short description|Czech ultralight aircraft}}
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{{Use British English|date=December 2022}}
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The Direct Fly ArGO is a Czech ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Direct Fly sro of Hluk, introduced at the Blois fly-in show in France, in 2011. When it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 43. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The ArGO was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft (LSA) rules, with different versions at different gross weights for each category. It features a strut-braced high-wing, an enclosed cabin with two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration accessed by doors, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing covered in aluminum sheet. The flying surfaces are made from aluminum sheet. Its {{convert|9.00|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|9.90|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and mounts Fowler flaps. Standard engines available are the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912UL and the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.{{Cite web|url = http://www.directfly.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=50&Itemid=76&lang=en|title = Engines |accessdate = 10 February 2017|author = Direct Fly sro |year = 2009}}
As of February 2017, the design does not appear on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.{{cite web|url = https://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xlsx|title = SLSA Make/Model Directory|accessdate = 10 February 2017|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 26 September 2016}}
Variants
;arGO ULL
:Model with a gross weight of {{convert|472.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} for the FAI microlight category.{{Cite web|url = http://www.directfly.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=47&Itemid=73&lang=en|title = Specifications |accessdate = 10 February 2017|author = Direct Fly sro |year = 2009}}
;arGO LSA/ELSA
:Model with a gross weight of {{convert|575|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} for the US LSA category.
Specifications (ArGO ULL)
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References
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External links
- [http://www.directfly.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=47&Itemid=73&lang=en Official website]
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