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The AeroCanard is a 4 seat canard type aircraft with a Lycoming LIO360 engine. It has a 1000-mile range and typically cruises at over 200 mph on less than 10 gallons per hour. The AeroCanard kit plane is also available as a plans build aircraft that gives you the option of buying as few or many pre-fab fiberglass kit parts as you want to help reduce the building time.
Inside the cockpit, the front seat offers 2 inches more headroom and 2 inches more headroom width. In the back seat– the AeroCanard is 3.5 inches wider 2 inches taller and has a whopping 7 inches more headroom width than similar Cozy MKIV aircraft. The AeroCanard also has higher max. total front seat weight of 425 lbs. compared to Cozy MKIV aircraft 375 lbs. In addition the brakes and rudder pedals are adjustable on both sides not just the right side.
Outside the cockpit, AeroCad has replaced the standard manual speed with an electrically actuated brake. The wheels and brakes are beefier--6x6.00 instead of 5x5.00--giving the AeroCanard roughly twice the stopping power! AeroCad offers for its kits an electric nose lift to replac the manual nosegear mechanism. "This lets you board the plane nose-down, then raise the gear electrically.
Behind the firewall the AeroCanard is designed for a 200-hp Fuel-injected Lycoming, which gives it better takeoff and climb performance.