title: Golden Avio F30
text: # Golden Avio F30
  
  The Golden Avio F30 is an Italian ultralight aircraft designed by Stelio Frati and produced by Golden Avio, a division of Golden Car, an automotive parts and prototyping company located in Caramagna Piemonte. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
  
  The aircraft's designation is a homage to the Ferrari F40 Italian automobile built from 1987 to 1992.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its 8.6 m (28.2 ft) span wing has an area of 10.6 $m^2$ (114 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, although it can accommodate engines of up to 200 hp (149 kW).
  
  The FG model received German certification in 2011 and the RG version in 2015.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### F30 RG
  
      Retractable landing gear model.
  
  ### F30 FG
  
      Fixed landing gear model, also called the Brio.
  
  ## Specifications (F30 RG)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Golden Car
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Length: 6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
  * Wingspan: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
  * Height: 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
  * Wing area: 10.6 $m^2$ (114 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 289 kg (637 lb)
  * Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 95 litres (21 imp gal; 25 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed GT Propellers G2T VEB, variable pitch
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  * Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn) flaps down
  * Range: 1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 5,600 m (18,400 ft)
  * g limits: +4.4/-2.2
  * Rate of climb: 6.1 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 44.6 $kg/m^2$ (9.1 lb/sq ft)
  