title: Comp Air 12
text: # Comp Air 12
  
  The Comp Air CA12 is a turboprop-powered civil utility aircraft, currently under development. Comp Air is seeking certification. It is configured as a conventional, low-wing monoplane with tricycle undercarriage. The first flight was on April 14, 2007.
  
  ## Specifications (as designed)
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Capacity: 8 to 10
  * Length: 41 ft 5 in (12.62 m)
  * Wingspan: 48 ft (15 m)
  * Wing area: 300 sq ft (28 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 5,880 lb (2,667 kg)
  * Max takeoff weight: 10,800 lb (4,899 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Honeywell TPE331-14GR turboprop, 1,650 hp (1,230 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Cruise speed: 300 kn (350 mph, 560 km/h)
  * Stall speed: 73 kn (84 mph, 135 km/h)
  * Range: 2,535 nmi (2,917 mi, 4,695 km)
  * Rate of climb: 2,800 ft/min (14 m/s) at gross weight
  * Wing loading: 35 lb/sq ft (170 $kg/m^2)$
  
  Avionics Sebastian Communication / OP Technologies
  
  