AOPA Pilot Magazine - October 2014 - 54
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PILOT BRIEFING
Your personal jet
Sonex jet ready for customers
A NEW COMPANY
IS TAKING OFF
Introducing Genesys Aerosystems
We're a new company that
you've actually known a long time.
You may recognize us as the people
who pioneered the world's frst FAA-certifed
3D Synthetic Vision EFIS and GPS/WAAS navigator.
Or you may fy one of the 40,000 autopilots
we've shipped over the last 35 years.
You may be familiar with our customers, like
AgustaWestland, Airbus Military, Bell Helicopter,
Carson Helicopters, Embraer, Grob Aircraft,
Sikorsky, and Textron AirLand.
Genesys Aerosystems brings together
Chelton Flight Systems, Inc. and S-TEC Corporation,
previously doing business as Cobham Avionics.
Fasten your seat belts. We're taking off.
B Y A LTO N K . M A R S H
THE 170-KNOT SUBSONEX Personal Jet
kitplane is ready for customers after completing a series of test flights earlier this
year. Cruises speeds range from 160 knots
true airspeed (at 10,000 feet) to 170 knots,
depending on altitude, although full throttle
gets you above 200 knots at sea level.
The Experimental/Amateur-Built
compliant kit sells for $130,000 including
engine. A more complete kit eligible only
for Experimental Exhibition certification
sells for $135,000, minus avionics and paint.
Depositors who put up $10,000 for an early
place in line were offered the opportunity
to give firm orders for 2014 kit production.
Once the early movers have weighed
in, the general public will be able to place
orders for deliveries in 2015. The SubSonex
will be sold as a quick-build kit that includes
"almost everything required to fly with the
exception of avionics and paint," the company said. It is powered by the PBS TJ-100
jet engine with 250 pounds of thrust offered
by engine manufacturer První brněnská
strojírna Velká Bíteš in Velká Bíteš, Czech
Republic, located southeast of Prague.
A video of the third flight posted on
YouTube shows the pilot making a hefty
pull on the side-mounted control stick to
rotate the nose upward to the takeoff position. That is reminiscent of the T-tail Piper
Seminole, which requires strong back force
on the control yoke to raise the nose during
the takeoff run, followed by a quick return
to the neutral position once the nose comes
up to avoid over-rotating. Control forces
required for rotation will be adjusted during the flight testing phase.
EMAIL alton.marsh@aopa.org
genesys-aerosystems.com | 1-817-215-7600
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