Grob G 120
The Grob 120 is a two-seat, single-engine aerobatic aircraft of the Grob Aircraft AG Mindelheim.
History
End of the 1980s, Grob involved with the G 115T in a tender for a light training aircraft for pilot selection for the U.S. Air Force. This machine flew in June 1992 for the first time and was equipped with a retractable landing gear and six-cylinder injection engine Lycoming AEIO -540 with 191 kW and four-bladed propeller. As winner of the tender was not coarse, rested the project and was continued until 2000 as G 120A. The German approval was granted in November 2001 and early 2002, the U.S. Food and Drug accordance with FAR 23 was the launch customer Lufthansa Flight Training in Goodyear (Arizona ) ..
The G120A was developed as a training aircraft and is operated among others, the German, Israeli and Canadian Air Force as part of the basic pilot training. Since April 2007, the French Air Force sets the plane from base BA 709 from Cognac Chateau Bernard for basic training a.
The German Air Force currently has six leased aircraft in Goodyear by Lufthansa Flight Training, which are numbered from N861AF to N867AF. The mark N866AF wore a coarse that crashed on May 22, 2002, with the pilot, employed by the Airline Training Center Arizona, was killed. The first two aircraft were then transferred by air to the USA, the remaining aircraft were shipped.
Construction
G 120 is made from fiber composite material. The fuselage and wings are made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic ( "Carbon" ). The life of the cell is given by the manufacturer of 15,000 hours. The seats are arranged side by side. The airplane is certified for aerobatics and for flights under VFR day / night and IFR outside of icing conditions. The currently shipped G 120A has an approved for aerobatics 6- cylinder Lycoming piston engine AEIO -540 - D4D5 with 8,865 cc (540 cubic inch ). It delivers 194 kW ( 260 hp) at 2700/min (max) at sea level and drives a three-bladed constant speed propeller from Hartzell with a diameter of 1.98 m on which are set at speeds between 1800 and 2700/min can.
Grob G 120TP
At ILA 2010 in Berlin presented the new version Grob G 120TP. This is a Rolls- Royce M250 - 17BF Turboprop, a glass cockpit of Elbit Systems and equipped as an option with the ejector seat by Martin Baker Mk.15B.