Terzi T-9 Stiletto: Difference between revisions

Italian two-seat light aircraft

The Terzi T-9 Stiletto is an Italian two-seat light aircraft designed by Milanese aeronautical engineer Pietro Terzi who built a demonstrative prototype at his firm Terzi Aerodyne based in Milan, Italy.^[2]

The Stiletto is a two-seat low-wing monoplane designed under FAR 23 regulations, that meets the FAA (LSA) Light Sport Aircraft rules.^[2] It is mainly metal construction but has a glassfibre cabin enclosure.^[2] It has a fixed nosewheel landing gear and is powered by a nose-mounted Rotax 912A piston engine.^[2] The cantilever wings and the demountable tailboom of aluminium alloy structure carrying the empennages can be detached for transport and storage.^[2]

Data from Taylor.^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1
• Length: 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 10.26 m (33 ft 8 in)
• Height: 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
• Wing area: 12.3 m² (132 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 8.558
• Empty weight: 380 kg (838 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912A piston, 58 kW (78 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (124 mph, 108 kn) 75% power
• Stall speed: 74 km/h (46 mph, 40 kn) with flaps