It was a long journey but at the end we succeeded.
The main target was not only to build a plane according to our customer’s wishes, taste and technical expertise, but also to fit inside the empty weight limits that in Germany and other similar European Countries are really strict.
At the end, after an huge effort to make this plane as light as possible, we were able to finish the first Norden that will fly soon and “legally” in Germany.
We reached the weight of 383,5 kg (845 lbs) and there is still room to make it lighter in the future. The plane is equipped with a Rotax 915iS, larger fuel tanks, 10 lt.header tank, 22” tires, parking brakes, double brake calipers, a big and solid tailwheel, for the first time a Kanardia Nesis IV 10,1” EFIS with its stick control, a radio and a full trasponder pre-installation set up including cables and antenna, a FLARM mid-air anti collision system, full electric pre-installation of the strobe lights, a system to install recording cameras on the wing tips and on top of all of this the parachute rescue system that alone add another 14 kg. The wing span of this Norden is for the first time half meter shorter, allowing for a faster cruise speed.
We are pretty sure that our customer will be extremely satisfied when he will see his new Norden for the first time and in real life… We will test it next week.
