Comp Air 7 Series
Aero Comp 7SL
Role	Comp Air 7 Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Comp Air
Status	Production completed
Number built	115 (2011)[1]

The Comp Air 7 is an American piston or turboprop-powered light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kit form by Comp Air. It is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage.^[2]

The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.^[3]

Operational history

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.^[1]

Variants

Comp Air 7

Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp^[1]

Comp Air 7SLX

Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp^[1]

Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

Data from Kitplanes Magazine^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: 6 passengers
• Length: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
• Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.15 m)
• Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
• Wing area: 178 sq ft (16.5 m²)
• Empty weight: 2,400 lb (1,088 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Walter M601 turboprop, 660 shp (550 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 275 mph (443 km/h, 239 kn)
• Cruise speed: 230 mph (372 km/h, 200 kn)
• Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h, 47 kn)
• Range: 1,047 mi (1,685 km, 1,040 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15 m/s)
• Power/mass: 6.36 lb/hp (0.26 kW/kg)