31 July 2017
Sporting what must be the largest ailerons for the size of the aircraft, Dutch company Orange Aircraft showed its latest aircraft, the Saw Revo at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh in part-built state.
Orange says the Saw Revo is an aerobatic ultra lightweight, designed by Eddie Saurenman who was awarded the ‘Curtis Pitts Innovative Aerobatic Design Award‘ in 2016 for his previous aircraft, the Saw Revolution biplane.
The single-seat Revo has a carbon fibre wing and steel tube frame for the fuselage. It’s powered by an 80 or 100 hp Rotax 912 UL with a custom four-into-one exhaust system. And the Revo is as tiny as it looks with a 6m wingspan, 5.35m overall length. Empty weight is 177kg, gross weight 340kg.
Shown as Oshkosh in part-built condition, the Saw Revo from Orange Aircraft.
Performance is extraordinary: 1,000 – 1,500 fpm rate of climb, cruise speed of 121kt, a roll rate of 400 degrees per second, and load limits of +/- 8g. Price? $119,000.
5 comments
Don’t aircraft usually fly? Cause this one sure as hell never did.
Thanks for all the comments about the SAW REVO. The SAW REVO design intent is to get maximum performance in a cost effective package. Its design stems from years of aerobatic aircraft involvement flying, modifying, designing, building, etc. Flutter, aerodynamic balance, stall patterns, etc. has been taken into consideration in the design of the SAW REVO.
Every design feature of the SAW REVO has flown on previous and current aircraft that I have modified or have been a part of or have flown. The SAW REVO brings all of these tested and interesting features into one affordable airplane…
Test flights for the SAW REVO is scheduled within the coming weeks. Performance numbers and video will follow.
Great project Eddie! It was great to see it at Oshkosh, and we look forward to hearing about the first flight.
Eddie Saurenman long time amigo!! Call Jeff Rahm re cool stuff 🙂
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I’ve been anxiously waiting for flight reviews but haven’t come across anything.
Has the project been shelved?
It’s a drop dead gorgeous looking aircraft, cant wait to see it fly.
Lovely work there Eddie.