The Piaggio P.180 Avanti is a twin-engine business aircraft produced by Piaggio Aero. It seats up to nine passengers in a pressurized cabin, and may be flown by one or two pilots. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 786 KB) Summary Lorenzo Tomasi Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, and/or spacecraft. ... Piaggio Aero Industries is an aircraft manufacturing company born from the former Rinaldo Piaggio SPA, an Italian company. ... The Maiden flight of an aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Piaggio Aero Industries is an aircraft manufacturing company born from the former Rinaldo Piaggio SPA, an Italian company. ... Piaggio Aero Industries is an aircraft manufacturing company born from the former Rinaldo Piaggio SPA, an Italian company. ... Cabin pressurization is the active pumping of air into the cabin of an aircraft to increase the air pressure within the cabin. ... For other uses, see Aviator (disambiguation). ...

Configuration

The Avanti has turboprop engines in a pusher configuration, placed on a mid-fuselage, high aspect ratio wing, located behind the cabin. The design utilizes both a T-tail and a small fixed canard which lacks control surfaces. The arrangement of the wing surfaces allows all three to provide lift, as opposed to a conventional configuration where the horizontal stabilizer creates a downward force to counteract the nose-down moment that a conventional main wing generates. A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ... A British WWI-era F.E.2b pusher. ... The fuselage can be short, and seemingly unaerodynamic, as in this Christen Eagle 2 The fuselage (from the French fuselé spindle-shaped) is an aircrafts main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ... The low aspect ratio wing of a Piper PA-28 Cherokee In aerodynamics, the aspect ratio is an airplanes wings span divided by its standard mean chord (SMC). ... In aircraft a T-tail is an arrangement of the tail control surfaces with the horizontal surfaces (tailplane and elevators) mounted to the top of the fin, rather than the more common location on the fuselage at the base of the fin. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The tail of a Lufthansa airliner (Airbus A319) in flight, showing the horizontal and vertical stabilizer Mathematics: see Group action. ...

Distinctive design features include a non-constant cross section cabin, the revolutionary shape of which approximates a NACA airfoil section. Piaggio claims the fuselage contributes up to 20% of the Avanti's total lift, with horizontal stabilizer, wing and canard providing the remaining 80%. Because of the fuselage's unusual shape, the mid cabin is considerably wider than the cockpit, and the entire cabin sits ahead of the main wing spar. The wing and canard airfoils are custom sections designed by Dr. Jerry Gregorek of Ohio State University to achieve a drag-reducing 50% laminar flow at cruise. The NACA airfoils are airfoil shapes for aircraft wings developed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). ... The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Ohio. ... Laminar flow (bottom) and turbulent flow (top) over a submarine hull. ...

The company claims the overall design enables the wing to be 34% smaller than on convential aircraft and a specific range of 0.84 nm per pound of fuel.^[1] This is significantly better than the 0.31 to 0.48 nm / pound of similar small jets. ^[2]

History

Cockpit and instrument panel aboard a P.180 Avanti.

The P.180 was wind tunnel tested in Italy and the U.S. in 1980 and 1981. A collaboration with Learjet to develop the aircraft was begun in 1982, ending in 1986, when the prototype first flew. U.S. certification was obtained in 1990. Learjet's influence is seen in the two "Delta Fins", mounted on the bottom of the tail. Seen on most Learjets, these devices provide aerodynamic recovery force in the event of an aerodynamic stall. The first 12 fuselages were built in Wichita, with H & H Parts and Plessey Midwest, then flown to Italy for assembly. Avanti Aviation Wichita ran out of money in 1994; the project languished until a group of investors led by Piero Ferrari became involved in 1998. The 100th aircraft was delivered in October 2005. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 570 pixelsFull resolution (3191 × 2275 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 570 pixelsFull resolution (3191 × 2275 pixels, file size: 1. ... NASA wind tunnel with the model of a plane A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying the effects of air moving over or around solid objects. ... Learjet is a manufacturer of business jets for civilian and military use. ... The fuselage can be short, and seemingly unaerodynamic, as in this Christen Eagle 2 The fuselage (from the French fuselé spindle-shaped) is an aircrafts main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Kansas County Government  - Mayor Carl Brewer (D) Area  - City 359. ...

The P.180 makes a distinctive square wave noise when passing overhead, similar to the Beech Starship, due to wing wake and engine exhaust effects on the propeller. It is relatively noisy compared to most turboprop aircraft. A square wave is a kind of basic waveform. ... Categories: Stub | U.S. civil utility aircraft 1980-1989 ...

Piaggio pilots remark that exterior noise is odd sounding although it not at all appreciably noisier than comparable turboprop aircraft. Indeed, interior noise is the lowest of nearly any aircraft turboprop or jet.

An improved Avanti II obtained European and US certification in November 2005. Six months later, seventy planes were already ordered (36 by Avantair). The Avanti II features uprated PT 6 engines and flies about 11 mph faster, with better fuel economy, and an all-new "glass panel" avionics suite reduces cockpit clutter. In addition to heading, attitude and navigation information, flat panel color LCD displays add collision avoidance, ground proximity and real-time graphic weather depiction. Avantair is an american airline (headquartered at Fairfield, New Jersey and based at Essex County Airport, Caldwell, New Jersey). ...

Specifications (P.180)

Avanti parked on tarmac.

Fire fighter Avanti, "vigili del fuoco" Rom-Ciampino

General characteristics

• Crew: one or two pilots
• Capacity: up to nine passengers
• Cabin dimensions: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) high, 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) wide, 4.45 m (14 ft 6 in) long
• Payload: 907 kg (2,000 lb)
• Length: 14.40 m (47 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 14.03 m (46 ft)
• Height: 3.98 m (13 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 16 m² (172.2 ft²)
• Empty weight: 3,400 kg (7,500 lb)
• Useful load: 1,862 kg (4,105 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 5,262 kg (12,100 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66 turboprops, 634 kW (850 shp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 737 km/h (398 kt)
• Cruise speed: 644 km/h (348 kt)
• Range: 2,595 km (1,400 nm) with one pilot, six passengers and IFR reserves
• Service ceiling: 12,500 m (41,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 14.98 m/s (2,950 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 327.4 kg/m² (67.07 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: 4.13 kg/kW (6.79 lb/hp)

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References

1. ^ Piaggio Aero's page concerning efficiency
2. ^ http://www.spectrum.aero/media/Spectrum_Independence_Specs.pdf

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