Xenon Coming to America

[ventana7]

It's official. The Xenon will be coming to America. The factory is now working flat out to have a machine ready for Bensen Days. I've just returned from Poland where I spent a week in the factory and flew a new machine that was being sent to Ireland.

The flight characteristics are excellent and the design is a real breakthrough. It is built much like a Cirrus with the composite sturcutre being the actual airframe. There is no keel tube and the mast and motor attach directly to the composite cabin. The designer, Raphael Celier is briliiant in how he has solved problems and reduced weight. All up weight is about 600 lbs, and it is offered with Rotax engines so has a gear drive. The pre-rotator can do 300 prm making short take-offs normal. The prop is a DUC windspoon which is very strange looking but quiet and efficient.

The outside profile looks like the new Adam Aircrfat jet and inside it looks like a Lexus. It's very well laid out and luxurious (one option is heated leather seats)! A 10" wide console seperates the 2 pilots so no shoulder rubbing necessary and visibility is very good.

It is available fully factory built.

I will post more pictures a bit later on.

Rob