Aeriks 200

[Juan Jimenez]

Does anyone know what happened to AceAir in Switzerland, the company that
had that cool composite homebuilt, the Aeriks 200, at OSH '03? Both their
websites are gone, though they still show up in a whois search.

[mosswings]

AceAir ceased operations in July 2004.
I understand that the Aeriks 200 had completed all of its flight tests and
was meeting most of its perfomance goals, but Diamond Engines, who had
bought manufacturing rights to the GiAe-110R rotary engine that the Aeriks
200 was designed around, pulled the plug on engine production. This
effectively killed the design and the company.
Unfortunately, although the Aeriks 200 was an exquisitely designed and
built aircraft, at $60K (2003) it was expensive. The recent runup of the
Euro against the dollar (which will likely persist for some years) would
have made it financially unviable in the US market.
A lot of great European VLA designs that were planned to be introduced
into the US market under the Sport Pilot category have likewise been
sidelined.

[mosswings]

AceAir ceased operations in July 2004.
I understand that the Aeriks 200 had completed all of its flight tests and
was meeting most of its perfomance goals, but Diamond Engines, who had
bought manufacturing rights to the GiAe-110R rotary engine that the Aeriks
200 was designed around, pulled the plug on engine production. This
effectively killed the design and the company.
Unfortunately, although the Aeriks 200 was an exquisitely designed and
built aircraft, at $60K (2003) it was expensive. The recent runup of the
Euro against the dollar (which will likely persist for some years) would
have made it financially unviable in the US market.
A lot of great European VLA designs that were planned to be introduced
into the US market under the Sport Pilot category have likewise been
sidelined.

[Juan Jimenez]

<sigh> What a pity. :(

"mosswings" > wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
> AceAir ceased operations in July 2004.
> I understand that the Aeriks 200 had completed all of its flight tests and
> was meeting most of its perfomance goals, but Diamond Engines, who had
> bought manufacturing rights to the GiAe-110R rotary engine that the Aeriks
> 200 was designed around, pulled the plug on engine production. This
> effectively killed the design and the company.
> Unfortunately, although the Aeriks 200 was an exquisitely designed and
> built aircraft, at $60K (2003) it was expensive. The recent runup of the
> Euro against the dollar (which will likely persist for some years) would
> have made it financially unviable in the US market.
> A lot of great European VLA designs that were planned to be introduced
> into the US market under the Sport Pilot category have likewise been
> sidelined.
>
>

[Philippe]

"mosswings" > wrote in message
lkaboutaviation.com...
> AceAir ceased operations in July 2004.
> I understand that the Aeriks 200 had completed all of its flight tests
> and was meeting most of its perfomance goals, but Diamond Engines, who
> had bought manufacturing rights to the GiAe-110R rotary engine that the
> Aeriks 200 was designed around, pulled the plug on engine production.
> This effectively killed the design and the company.
> Unfortunately, although the Aeriks 200 was an exquisitely designed and
> built aircraft, at $60K (2003) it was expensive.

> The recent runup of the Euro against the dollar (which will likely persist
> for some years) would have made it financially unviable in the US market.

Not realy true. Aeriks was a swiss company, and they worked with suiss
franc... It's $ diving, not euro or sfr raising....




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Philippe Vessaire ҿӬ