X-Air Hanuman
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The X-Air Hanuman (English: Hawk) is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear
, general aviation
ultralight airplane, manufactured in India
by Raj Hamsa Ultralights
. It is used primarily for flight training, touring, and personal flying. The aircraft is known in North America as the X-Air "H".
engine, which can be run on automotive fuel.
The airframe is assembled from aluminum tubing, with steel reinforcement and is covered in Dacron sailcloth.
The Hanuman offers full dual controls, with the exception of the main pilot seat having brakes and flaps controls. Instrumentation consists of Tachometer, Air Speed Indicator, Altimeter, Ball, Battery Charge Indicator & coolant temperature or CHT, GPS etc.
X-Air LS XA-85
X-AIR Hawk
Tricycle gear
Tricycle gear describes an aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one wheel in the front, called the nose wheel, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity...
, general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
ultralight airplane, manufactured in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
by Raj Hamsa Ultralights
Raj Hamsa Ultralights
Raj Hamsa Ultralights is an Indian private limited company and ultralight aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1980 at Pondicherry, India by Joel Koechlin of France. The company is one of India's largest aircraft manufacturers and its only producer of commercial microlight aircraft...
. It is used primarily for flight training, touring, and personal flying. The aircraft is known in North America as the X-Air "H".
Design and development
The X-Air Hanuman is a single-engined high-wing monoplane with side-by-side seats for pilot and a passenger. The aircraft is manufactured with an 85 hp 4-cylinder 4-stroke 2.2 ltr Jabiru 2200Jabiru 2200
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engine, which can be run on automotive fuel.
The airframe is assembled from aluminum tubing, with steel reinforcement and is covered in Dacron sailcloth.
The Hanuman offers full dual controls, with the exception of the main pilot seat having brakes and flaps controls. Instrumentation consists of Tachometer, Air Speed Indicator, Altimeter, Ball, Battery Charge Indicator & coolant temperature or CHT, GPS etc.
Variants
X-AIR "H" Hanuman- Base model
X-Air LS XA-85
- Version intended for the US Light-sport aircraftLight-sport AircraftA Light-sport aircraft, also known as light sport aircraft or LSA, is a small aircraft that is simple to fly and which meets certain regulations set by a National aviation authority restricting weight and performance...
market with an empty weight of 660 lb (299 kg) and a gross weight of 1234 lb (560 kg)
X-AIR Hawk
- Version for the United Kingdom, certified as a microlight under Civil Aviation Authority BCAR Section S.
Military operators
- Indian Military AcademyIndian Military AcademyThe Indian Military Academy, Dehradun is the officer training school of the Indian Army. IMA was established in 1932.-Demands for an Indian military training academy:...
- Basic flight training - Military Headquarters Of War