Ae 270 Ibis

The Ibis Aerospace Ae 270 Ibis is a turboprop utility plane resulting from a tchéco-Taiwanese co-operation.

Origin

With the beginning of the year 1990 Aero Vodochody with launched the study of a utility single-engined aircraft indicated L-270 to allow the company to position on the civil market from the point of view of the decreasing sales of its planes of drive to reaction. The general configuration of the apparatus was modified in 1991 then at the end of 1993. In March 1997 was signed a cooperation agreement with AIDC, firm of Taiwan and Ibis Aerospace was formed on July 1st, 1997 with Odolena Voda, close to Prague, each of the two partners holding 50% of the capital. Aero Vodochody was more specifically in charge with the design and the construction of the fuselage and the empennage, AIDC taking care of the aerofoil. The final assembly was to be assured in Tchéquie and Ibis Aerospace Ltd was made up with Kerrville, Texas, to ensure the promotion of the apparatus the the United States.

Development

Become Ae 270 Ibis, this apparatus is presented in the form of a monoplane to low wing turboprop of the class of the Socata TBM-700, being able to carry 10 people, pilots included/understood. Five prototypes were built (P1/P5), of which 2 (P2 and P4) were used for the static tests. The first apparatus (P1) left factory in December 1999 and took the air with Vodochody the July 25th, 2000, followed by a second (P3) on December 23rd, 2001. The last prototype (P5), intended for the tests of certification and in conformity with the series, stole on February 25th, 2003 with a turbine PT6A-66A of 850 ch.

Ibis Aerospace hoped to obtain certification to standard FAR Part 23 of this month 2001 and to begin the deliveries with the customers at the end of the same year. But at the beginning of July 2001, whereas she announced to have recorded 27 orders (and 24 options) during the Paris airshow, it was obvious that the program showed an important delay. The first two standard appliances left factory only at the end of 2005, two versions being proposed:

Ae 270P with turbopropeller Pratt & Whitney and pressurized fuselage, intended for the Western market and mainly North-American.
Ae 270W with turbopropeller Walter, fixed train and nonpressurized fuselage, model intended mainly for the Third world and the old USSR.

The first standard appliance (c/n 006) at summer presented to the annual convention of NBAA to Orlando, Florida, in October 2003. Occasion to present Ae 270 Spirit, executive version of the aircraft. European certification was obtained on December 12th, 2005, followed on February 24th, 2006 of certification FAA FAR Part 21.

External bond

Internet site of Ibis Aerospace

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