Cobalt Co50 Valkyrie

Co50 Valkyrie
incomplete prototype
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Cobalt Aircraft
First flight January 2015
Status Under development
Number built One prototype
Unit cost
$699,000 (2016 projected price, certified version)
$595,000 (2016 projected price, factory-built experimental)

The Cobalt Co50 Valkyrie is a single-engine, four to five-seat homebuilt aircraft, arranged in a canard, pusher configuration. A light aircraft intended for private ownership, it is being developed by Cobalt Aircraft of San Francisco, California, United States.

Design

The composite design incorporates retractable landing gear, a pusher engine configuration, a canard, twin vertical stabilizers and automatic airbrakes.[1] A ballistic parachute is provided as an option. Passenger entry is by a large forward fold down door. Kit production is planned to be carried out in the United States.

Initially the Co50 will be sold as a kit for amateur construction, but the manufacturer intends to eventually achieve type certification. Certification is unlikely to occur before 2018, not least due to the electronics Cobalt has chosen being untested for aircraft use.[2]

Specifications (Co50)

Data from Company news release estimates[3][4]

General characteristics

Performance

Avionics

References

  1. "Cobalt Aircraft Unveils Co50 Valkyrie". Flying Magazine.
  2. Ulanoff, Lance (2016-02-21). "Is the Valkyrie Co50 a test case for FAA's willingness to innovate?". Mashable. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. "Cobalt unveils piston pusher". aopa.org. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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