{"id":3951,"date":"2019-01-02T18:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T07:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T07:33:32","slug":"new-foxbat-demonstrator-flies-over-13th-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/?p=3951","title":{"rendered":"New Foxbat demonstrator flies over 13th beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here are a few short seconds of our new A22LS Foxbat demonstrator in flight. After less than a month in the air, it’s already completed 25 hours’ flying and is currently having its first maintenance check.<\/p>\n

This is the first Foxbat demonstrator we’ve had which is fitted with an AirMaster\u00a0in-flight electrically adjustable propeller<\/a> – this one with Whirlwind blades. We are evaluating the propeller before formally offering it as an option – our first impressions are that take-off distance is shorter, and climb is significantly better than with the standard KievProp; economy is slightly better. We will also evaluate this propeller on the A32 Vixxen in due course, where in addition to take-off and climb performance, we are predicting an improvement in cruise speed.<\/p>\n

The demo Foxbat aircraft is also fitted with a glider tow hook and we will be undertaking towing trials in the near future in Victoria, Australia. This aircraft has oversize wheels, a 30kgs ‘Kelpie’ metal luggage compartment with a side door and a ballistic rescue system. The icing on this demonstrator cake is a 2-axis Dynon autopilot<\/a> which will be connected with a GPS as soon as we can keep the aircraft on the ground long enough to fit one!<\/p>\n

Come and see this aircraft along with the A32 Vixxen at the Australian International Airshow<\/a>, at Melbourne’s Avalon Airport from 26 February to 03 March this year.<\/p>\n

As usual, either click on the image above or here to view the video: Foxbat over 13th beach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few short seconds of our new A22LS Foxbat demonstrator in flight. After less than a month in the air, it’s already completed 25 hours’ flying and is currently having its first maintenance check. This is the first … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[30,112,158,167,362,437,549],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxbatpilot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}