GA8 Booklet July 2010 PDF Compilation

GIPPSAERO PTY LTD
GippsAero
GA8 AIRVAN
A Cost Effective Multi Role Aircraft
GA8 AIRVAN FEATURES
CONTENTS
GIPPSAERO PTY LTD
MULTI ROLE AIRVAN
AIRVAN SPECIFICATIONS
AIRVAN UTILITY AIRCRAFT FEATURES
EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS
INTERIOR DIMENSIONS
CABIN DIMENSIONS
CIVIL AIR PATROL
AIRVAN SAFETY FEATURES
COCKPIT PHOTO
AIRVANS IN SERVICE
CONTACT DETAILS
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GIPPSAERO PTY LTD
THE VERSATILE MULTI ROLE AIRVAN
For Government Agencies the Airvan is an outstanding multi role Aircraft.
AIRVAN ROLES
Personnel Transport
o Standard Configuration ! Seven forward!facing passenger seats and up to a 32 cu. ft.
of baggage space.
o Combi and Special Mission ! Quick release seat/cargo net/workstation mounting
points allow for rapid changes of cabin configuration to meet the requirements of
each particular mission.
Cargo
Large square section cabin with standard aft cargo door with 1040 mm x 1040 mm opening
that allows loading of large or irregular shaped items
Law Enforcement
Airvan easily configures to support the tactical operational needs of ground!based law
enforcement agencies.
Search and Rescue
Exceptional visibility from all seats, ease of operation at reduced flight speeds and long
loiter endurance makes the Airvan an excellent vehicle for search and rescue missions.
Air Ambulance
The Cabin can accommodate up to three patients in addition to life support equipment and
medical personnel. Stretchers can be quickly loaded and unloaded through the large rear
cargo door.
Imaging & Surveillance
The Airvan is perfectly suited as a standoff, all!weather surveillance, reconnaissance, and
patrol aircraft law enforcement missions. Certified installations of High Resolution Imaging
systems are in daily use on Airvan aircraft.
Remote Sensing
The Airvan can accommodate fuselage or pod!based equipment used in high!resolution
mapping, surveying and geological exploration.
The Airvan is certificated the current Airworthiness and Crashworthiness standards of the
world’s leading Aviation Safety Authorities including FAA & EASA.
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GA8 AIRVAN
SPECIFICATION SHEET
Imperial & Metric
GA8 AIRVAN
Performance
Specifications
Powerplant……….………..Textron Lycoming IO-540
Take Off Distance, ground roll….………1006 ft (302 m)
6-cyl, 300 hp @ 2700RPM
Recommended TBO…………………….…2.000 hr
Take Off Distance over 50 ft obstacle..1623ft (487 m )
Max demonstrated crosswind component……..….15 kts
Rate of climb, sea level……………….………787 ft/min
Propeller………….……….………….…Hartzell 2-blade
Constant speed, 84-in dia
Length…………….….…….……..29 ft 4.3in (8949mm)
Height…………….…………….…..12 ft 9 in (3885mm)
Wingspan……….…………….40 ft 8.68 in (12412mm)
2
Wing Area…………………………208 sq ft (18.75m )
2
Cruise speed / Range with 45-min reserve, (fuel
consumption) / Endurance with 45-min reserve.
@ 70 % power, 6000 ft …..…….129 kt/542 nm (17.7
US gal/hr – 67 litres/hr) 4.2 hrs
@ 55 % power, 8000 ft………….124 kt/706 nm(13.5 US
gall/hr – 52 litres/hr) 5.7 hrs
@ 40% power, 4000 ft………….105 kt/889 nm (9.5 US
gall/hr – 36 Litres/hr) 8.5 hrs
Wing Loading………..……19.2 lbs/sq ft (96.75 kg/ m )
Power Loading…………..……..13.3 lb/hp (6.05 kg/hp)
Service ceiling…………………………….……..14,500 ft
Landing distance, ground roll………..…..520 ft (190 m)
Seats…………………………….………………………..8
Standard Empty Weight…………....2230 lb (1014 kg)
Max Take Off Weight…………..…..4000 lb (1814 kg)
Max Useful Load………………..……1770 lb (800 kg)
Max Payload with Full Fuel…….……1235 lb (562 kg)
Landing distance, over 50 ft obstacle….1220 ft (447 m)
Limiting and Recommended
Airspeeds
VR (rotation)……………………………………….57KIAS
VX (best angle of climb)……………………..…..68 KIAS
VY (best rate of climb)…………………...….…..78 KIAS
Fuel Capacity……..….92.2 US Gal (350 litres) Total
VA (design manoeuvring)……………….……..121 KIAS
87.7 US Gal (332 litres) Useable
VFE (max flap extended)………………….……..97 KIAS
VNO (max structural cruising)………….……....143 KIAS
Baggage Capacity
VNE (never exceed)…………………………….185 KIAS
3
Cabin Shelf……………0 lb, 19 cu ft (113 kg, .5 m )
VTOSS (take off safety speed) ………….…..…...71 KIAS
3
Aft Locker….……....50 lb, 13 cu ft (22.7 kg, .35 m )
VREF (landing final approach) …………..……...71 KIAS
3
Optional Cargo Pod…440 lb, 18 cu ft(200kg, .5 m )
VS0 (stall, full flap) ………………………………56 KIAS
3
Cabin Volume…………………..164 cu ft (4.43 m )
VS1 (stall, clean)………….. ……………….…....62 KIAS
Unless otherwise noted all performance figures are based on ISA sea level conditions at Maximum Take Off Weight.
GIPPSLAND AERONAUTICS
GA8 AIRVAN UTILITY AIRCRAFT FEATURES
Overview ! The Gippsland Aeronautics GA8 Airvan is an Australian designed and manufactured utility aircraft
specifically engineered to meet the latest international safety standards as well as the demands of remote
operations from unimproved strips. No other aircraft in its class measures up to the stringent safety, design and
airworthiness requirements to which the Airvan is certified. No other aircraft in its class can match the load
carrying capacity or its flight handling characteristics. The following are some of the features of the Airvan that
make it such a willing, reliable and versatile workhorse.
Heavy Duty!Nose!Landing!Gear – Heavy duty spring (NOT oleo type) suspension supported by massive brackets,
as well as machined bearing guides and welded bracing tubes make sure that the NLG is not a weak spot when
operating from rough strips. Because the nose strut is not of an inflatable type it cannot go flat. The propeller
clearance is a minimum 32 cm or 12.5 inches. An optional nose fork kit for the installation of an 8.00 x 6 tyre
further improves propeller clearance.
Heavy Duty!main!landing!Gear – Tapered tubular spring steel gear legs and 8.50 x 6 tyres as standard do the job
with a minimum of fuss. The main landing gear is located further aft than on many other aircraft types which
means that the floor angle remains constant during loading and unloading with no tendency to tip onto its tail
during loading and unloading. A tail stand is not required for normal ground loading/unloading.
Mechanical!Flaps – Simple hinge type hand operated flaps allow the pilot accurate and timely operation of the
flaps for take off, landing and manoeuvring. No rollers and difficult to replace track systems to wear out. The
mechanical flap operating system is both operationally effective and economical to service and maintain.
Engine!cooling!system – Optimised cooling air inlet and outlet apertures coupled with a dual oil cooler installation
means that the temperatures and pressures remain within limits even on the hottest of days without the
requirement of drag inducing cowl flaps. The location and shape of the cooling air apertures ensures maximum
airflow even at low speeds and high angle of attack.
Sliding!type!Cabin!Access!Door – the easy operating sliding door allows clear access to the cabin with the flaps up
or down. The floor height is perfect to allow a tray type pick!up truck or FWD to back up to for loading and
unloading. Door size allows the easy loading of items as large as 1m x 1m x 1.2m (40in x 40in x 48in). The cabin
sliding door is certified for in!flight opening and this allows the GA8 Airvan to be utilized in a number of
operational roles such as parachuting, skydiving, supply dropping, observation, a variety of photographic
applications including air to air, air to ground, cinematography and many other military and law enforcement
tasks.
Large!Cabin!Volume – more than twice the cabin volume of a C206, better for passengers and cargo. In fact two
articles, each 1m x 1m x 1.2m (total 2.4 m3 or 84 cu ft) can easily be loaded into the GA8 main cabin area with a
further 0.75m3 remaining in the aft baggage areas and yet another 0.5 m3 in the cargo pod. Optional 18 Cu Ft belly
pod is available with 3 large lockable access doors. The pod incurs no performance penalty and is useful for
carrying flammable products and other dangerous goods not suitable for carriage in the passenger cabin. A
storage area in the rear fuselage allows for the carriage of light but bulky items or for several of the passenger
seats if not required.
Ease!of!Access – The main cabin access sliding door is fitted with a fold!down step and an overhead handle and
both of the cockpit doors have a fixed step and overhead handle to assist with entry and exit. The cockpit doors
can be locked fully open when on the ground and will not blow around in the wind. The central aisle and
individual seats with their inertia reel harness enhance passenger access. Loading and unloading is simpler and
more efficient, resulting in significantly reduced turn!around times for either freight or passenger operations.
Excellent!Visibility – Pilot and passengers alike are provided with outstanding visibility. This affords an elevated
standard of safety for the crew and comfort and entertainment for passengers. Small eyebrow windows located in
the cockpit enhance the pilot’s visibility when manoeuvring.
Ventilation!&!Heating!– Crew and passenger comfort have been enhanced over the previous couple of years with
upgrades to the ventilation system, which provides at least one individual air outlet to each passenger from the
fan boosted overhead ducting. The front seats are now each equipped with multiple air outlets with increased
airflow capacity. A factory installed air!conditioner system is be available. The heating system is entirely adequate
for Australian operations and has been upgraded to meet the requirements of sub arctic conditions such as are
encountered in Canada and Alaska.
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Tailplane! Design – The high mounted tailplane practically eliminates leading edge (or any) damage to the
stabilizer and elevators. The stabilizer is of the trimming type, which allows for a wide Centre of Gravity envelope
and minimises drag when the aircraft is fully loaded. The tailplane is large but light in weight, and very strong.
Maintenance – The Airvan has been specifically designed to realize low maintenance expenses. Careful attention
to design detail and the elimination of maintenance intensive features has resulted in an extremely reliable
aircraft with a high despatch rate and excellent economy of operation. Some of these specific features include:
Minimum of wearing airframe parts.
Basic maintenance support requirements, no critical “Hi Tech” systems that require specialist support
Maintenance accessibility.
Modular installations, easy to access and remove for field or bench servicing, eg, instrument/radio/circuit
breaker/switch panels.
Consumable vendor parts readily obtainable from regional aviation suppliers. Eg, wheels, brakes, tyres,
fasteners, filters, cables, hoses, etc Highest quality/reliable/readily available/economically priced vendor
components incorporated into the aircraft design.
High maintenance parts eliminated, eg no oleo, no flap tracks, no cowl flaps, no plastic trim or fairings. No
special fasteners, tools etc required. Fewer wearing parts requiring ongoing replacement. Carbon fibre engine
cooling baffles instead of alloy eliminate corrosion and cracking.
All internal sheet metal surfaces primed/corrosion proofed. Extensive anti corrosion external paint process.
All external steel parts hot metal sprayed then primed and processed.
No compound curves in sheet metal airframe components, easily repairable or replaceable.
Standard prop is two blade Hartzell, same overall performance (and diameter) as a three blade prop but
lighter, cheaper to maintain as well as easier to package and ship.
Parts availability, ready quick supply of parts/components from Australian factory store, especially when AOG
critical. Reduced shipping costs, minimal delays and lower prices coupled with fewer parts required means
lower direct operating costs.
Factory advice/support. The factory is a phone call away and operates on EST.
Flight!Operations – Pleasant flight characteristics provide a manoeuvrable, simple & safe aircraft to fly.
Visibility and manoeuvrability result in the ability to conduct safe operations in confined areas and minimal
weather conditions.
Full flap climb performances sufficient for safe go around from late final or landing.
Excellent control layout/logical, sensible and accessible instrumentation, avionics, switch, circuit breaker and
caution/warning light panel layout.
Excellent stability, controllability and performance as well as simplicity of operating systems allows the pilot
to focus on important aspects of flight conduct with fewer distractions
12 VDC electrical system allows for car jump start if required. 95 amp heavy duty alternator carries all
electrical systems with reserves.
Safe and predictable low!speed handling characteristics.
Low fuel consumption rates for loiter/ferry/range or extended endurance.
Simple fuel system, multiple warning systems, Firewall shut off valve. Won’t cross feed on ground or in the
air. Digital fuel flow/totalizer allows cross checking of fuel status. Interfaced with GPS flight planner. 5 drain
points allows quick and simple pre!flight checking of fuel system.
Easy loading of passengers and/or freight, quick release seats with integral belts and a practical freight
restraint system allows logical and straightforward distribution of people and goods.
Dual bus electrical system provides a high level of redundancy in the event of electrical system failure as well
as simplifying in!flight diagnostics.
Low noise footprint due to the normal operating take!off power setting of 2500 RPM makes it easier to
operate in an inconspicuous and neighbourly manner.
GA8 AIRVAN
EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS
GIPPS AERO PTY LTD
8949 [352.3]
3885 [153.0]
FLOOR LINE
851 [33.5]
GROUND LINE
2299 [90.5]
4166 [164]
2388 [94.0]
2388 [94.0]
1600 [63.0]
FIREWALL LINE
12412 [488.66]
Ø2134 [Ø84] MAX
2.5° DIHEDRAL
FLOOR LINE
GROUND LINE
2
2794 [110.0]
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INTERIOR DIMENSIONS
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CABIN DIMENSIONS
ISOMETRIC
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US AIR FORCE AUXILIARY – THE CIVIL AIR PATROL
ARCHER
Hyperspectral Scanning System mounted in the
CAP fleet of 16 GA8 Airvans
Used for SAR, Disaster Relief, Home lands Security
and Counter Drug Reconnaissance Missions.
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Engine and lubrication cooling limits redefined
to smaller tolerances.
A GUIDE TO THE GA8 AIRVAN SAFETY FEATURES
This guide explains the safety features designed
into the GA8 Airvan aircraft for the information of
persons who fly in, or are responsible for sending
other people flying, in Airvan aircraft.
The Airvan, whilst appearing little different to other
General Aviation aeroplanes on the surface, is a very
modern aircraft in its design and systems and meets
the world’s highest airworthiness certification
standards.
The Airvan has been certificated by international
airworthiness agencies, including the aviation
authorities of Australia, the USA, Canada, New
Zealand and South Africa, to the worlds most
modern and most stringent airworthiness standard,
Federal Aviation Regulation 23 (FAR 23) at
Amendment 54 status.
This standard demands increased safety measures
not required of the previous generation of light
aircraft, which were built to a much earlier standard.
The areas in which the greatest improvements have
been made to the design rules in the intervening 25
years since the vast majority of the existing general
aviation fleet were certified are as follows:
STRUCTURE
Full finite Element analysis of structure.
Flight aero-elasticity (control flutter) standards
significantly raised.
Undercarriage drop test standards increased.
SYSTEMS
Primary
control
system
redundancy
demonstration established.
Electrical systems failsafe and redundancy
requirements.
Failure mode analysis of all critical systems now
required.
FUEL SYSTEMS
Fuel systems made more reliable and simpler.
Fuel firewall emergency shutoff now required.
FIRE PROOFING
Flame/fume proofing standards for seat covers
and panelling raised to same standard as
airliners.
Fireproofing of cargo/luggage areas raised to
same standard as airliners.
SEATING
Improved standards for seat crashworthiness
(doubled).
PASSENGER RESTRAINT
Improved standards for seat belts and restraints
(3point instead of 2 point).
Seat belt torso restraint maximum loads
established.
Standards for head impact criteria established.
CARGO RESTRAINT
Cargo restraint net load strength requirements
doubled.
HANDLING
Flight stability requirements more stringent.
Flight handling characteristics standards raised.
Spin recovery ability standards doubled.
Flight trim ability standards significantly raised.
The Airvan incorporates all of these improvements
in safety into its design, no other comparable general
aviation aircraft, can offer compliance to the same
standards. Whilst there is a small number of brand
new aircraft currently being manufactured
worldwide many of these are certified to much older
design standards and none incorporate all of the
above improvements.
GIPPSLAND AERONAUTICS
A GUIDE TO THE GA8 AIRVAN SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM
This guide explains the crashworthiness safety
features designed into the GA8 Airvan Safety
Seats for the information of persons who fly in
Airvans or are responsible for sending other
people flying in Airvan aircraft.
The Airvan, whilst appearing little different to
other General Aviation aeroplanes on the surface,
is a very modern aircraft in its design and systems
and meets the world’s highest airworthiness
certification standards.
The Airvan has been certificated by international
airworthiness agencies, including the aviation
authorities of Australia (CASA), the USA (FAA),
Transport Canada, New Zealand (CAANZ) and
South Africa (CAASA), to the worlds most
modern and most stringent airworthiness standard,
Federal Aviation Regulation 23 (FAR 23) at
Amendment 54 status.
This standard demands, amongst many other
safety requirements, that the aircraft’s occupant
restraint and seat systems comply with very high
crashworthiness parameters. The current standard
includes a requirement that the passengers should
be able to survive a 21G horizontal impact and an
18G vertical impact. The previous requirement,
which is the standard applying to the majority of
aircraft types in the General Aviation fleet, was
only for a 9G static load.
Gippsland Aeronautics Safety Seat System was
one of the first seat systems in the world to
demonstrate compliance with this standard and is
still one of the few to do so. The seats are also
significantly lighter and less costly than other
available systems.
The Airvan Safety Seats are passive and do not
require any form of mechanical, hydraulic or
electrical systems to operate in an accident
situation. They are designed to crumple in the
case of a vertical or horizontal impact reducing or
eliminating the risk of lumbar and thoracic injury.
Airvan passengers are restrained by 3-point lap
sash seat belts, very like the automotive seat belts
that most people are now used to. The Airvan
crew seats are fitted with 4-point harness because
of the proximity of the crew to the instrument
panel and control column.
The Airvan Safety Seats have passed a series of
dynamic tests at the FAA Civil Aero Medical
Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City OK and were
found to comfortably exceed the new standard.
All seat belts in the Airvan are fitted with inertia
reels that prevent upper body movement and
reduce the possibility of head injury in an impact.
Aircraft certificated to the old standard are only
required to have lap/sash belts for the crew, lap
belts for the passengers and there is no
requirement for them to be fitted with inertia
reels.
The Airvan passenger seats are fixed to the
extremely strong floor structure of the Airvan by 4
socket points to prevent the possibility of the seats
slipping during an impact, as may be the case in
aircraft fitted with seats mounted on rails.
The Airvan seats are probably the most advanced
aviation seats available for general aviation
aircraft. This has been recognised by other aircraft
manufacturers who have ordered the Gippsland
Aeronautics Safety Seat System for their new
aircraft projects.
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Airvans In Service around the World