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ArGO
Role	Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft
National origin	Czech Republic
Manufacturer	Direct Fly sro
Introduction	2011
Status	Production completed (2017)

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing covered in aluminum sheet. The flying surfaces are made from aluminum sheet. Its 9.00 m (29.5 ft) span wing has an area of 9.90 m² (106.6 sq ft) and mounts Fowler flaps. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.^[1]^[2]

As of February 2017, the design does not appear on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.^[3]

Variants

arGO ULL: Model with a gross weight of 472.5 kg (1,042 lb) for the FAI microlight category.^[4]
arGO LSA/ELSA: Model with a gross weight of 575 kg (1,268 lb) for the US LSA category.^[4]

Specifications (ArGO ULL)

Data from Tacke and manufacturer^[1]^[4]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 9.90 m² (106.6 sq ft)
Empty weight: 282 kg (622 lb)
Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed composite

Performance

Maximum speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
Cruise speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn) with full flaps
Rate of climb: 6.2 m/s (1,220 ft/min)
Wing loading: 47.7 kg/m² (9.8 lb/sq ft)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 43. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
^ Direct Fly sro (2009). "Engines". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^ Federal Aviation Administration (26 September 2016). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Retrieved 10 February 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Direct Fly sro (2009). "Specifications". Retrieved 10 February 2017.