title: Caldas 2G7 Vento
text: # Caldas 2G7 Vento
  
  The Caldas 2G7 Vento (English: Wind) is a Colombian ultralight aircraft that was designed and produced by Caldas Aeronautica of Cali, introduced in about 2010. The company seems to be out of business and the aircraft production completed.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, an enclosed cabin with two-seats-in-tandem accessed by flip-up doors, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The aircraft was designed for recreational, flight training and agricultural aircraft uses. Its 9.8 m (32.2 ft) span wing has an area of 12.32 $m^2$ (132.6 sq ft) and flaps. The standard engine fitted is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL powerplant.
  
  ## Specifications (2G7 Vento)
  
  Data from Tacke
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
  * Wing area: 12.32 $m^2$ (132.6 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
  * Gross weight: 590 kg (1,301 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  * Propellers: 3-bladed composite
  