Comp Air 7
# Comp Air 7

The Comp Air 7 is an American piston or turboprop-powered light civil utility aircraft manufactured in kit form by Comp Air. It is configured as a conventional high-wing monoplane with tailwheel undercarriage.

The company website does not list it as being in production in 2022.

## Operational history

By the fall of 2007 70 Comp Air 7s and 25 Comp Air 7SLs had been completed and were flying.

## Variants

### Comp Air 7

    Piston-powered aircraft typically equipped with a Lycoming IO-540 piston engine of 290 hp

### Comp Air 7SLX

    Turbine powered aircraft equipped typically with a Walter M601 turboprop of 660 shp

## Specifications (typical Comp Air 7SLX)

Data from Kitplanes Magazine

General characteristics

* Crew: one pilot
* Capacity: 6 passengers
* Length: 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
* Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.15 m)
* Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
* Wing area: 178 sq ft (16.5 $m^2)$
* Empty weight: 2,400 lb (1,088 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Walter M601 turboprop, 660 shp (550 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 275 mph (443 km/h, 239 kn)
* Cruise speed: 230 mph (372 km/h, 200 kn)
* Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h, 47 kn)
* Range: 1,047 mi (1,685 km, 1,040 nmi)
* Rate of climb: 3,000 ft/min (15 m/s)
* Power/mass: 6.36 lb/hp (0.26 kW/kg)
