The Aviation Industries of Iran AVA-202 is an Iranian two-seat, light aircraft designed as a trainer and sporting aircraft. It was intended for the Iranian domestic market to avoid dependence on imports.^[2][3]

Design and development

The AVA-202 was based on the Van's Aircraft RV-6A and was designed to comply with European JAR-22 and JAR-VLA aircraft certification rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.^[2][3]

The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet. Its 8.74 m (28.7 ft) span wing employs a NACA 63-215 airfoil at the wing root and a NACA 63-015 airfoil at the wing tip. The wingspan is greater than the RV-6's wingspan of 7.01 m (23.0 ft) from which it is derived. The AVA-202's wing has an area of 10.87 m² (117.0 sq ft) and is equipped with flaps. The standard engine fitted is the 160 hp (119 kW) Lycoming AEIO-320-B2B four-stroke aerobatic powerplant.^[2][3][4]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 8.74 m (28 ft 8 in)
• Height: 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 10.87 m² (117.0 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 7.0:0
• Airfoil: NACA 63₂-215
• Empty weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Textron Lycoming AEIO-320-B2B air-cooled flat-four, 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 259 km/h (161 mph, 140 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn) (75% power)
• Stall speed: 84 km/h (52 mph, 45 kn) (flaps down)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 6,400 m (21,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 7.6 m/s (1,500 ft/min)