The Vulcanair Is The Not So 'New' Kid In Town - Page 4 of 7

The Vulcanair V1.0 isn’t a very familiar plane to most pilots. Vulcanair and Ameravia plan to change that.

Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 10:48 AM ET

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If Cessna designers had taken the 172 and instead of going with sleek, windswept lines, they went in the other direction to create a plane that was blue collar and ready to work. That’s the style of the V1.0. (photo courtesy: Ameravia)

Key Takeaways:

The Vulcanair V1.0 is an Italian-made, 180-hp, four-seat, high-wing aircraft with a design lineage spanning 50-60 years, known for its "blue-collar", robust, and utilitarian aesthetic rather than sleek modernity.
It offers a delightful and honest flying experience, featuring precise pushrod controls and requiring active rudder input, which the reviewer considers excellent for training new pilots, alongside a constant-speed prop.
Key design elements include durable sheet metal construction with a welded steel safety cage, excellent door design (including a convenient third rear door), good visibility, and a modern avionics suite, all offered at a significantly lower price point ($278,000) than comparable trainers like the Cessna 172.

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The Vulcanair V1.0 is made with built-up sheet metal structure with a welded steel forward occupant cage for added crashworthiness and features pushrod controls for smooth response from a pilot’s inputs. (photo courtesy: Ameravia)

Ameravia’s Argument

So the Vulcanair V1.0 is a four-seat, fixed-gear, 180-hp Lycoming-powered high-wing plane. Of course, that sounds a lot like the most popular airplane of all time, the Cessna 172, which is still in production and doing quite well thanks to it still being a terrific airplane and one that nicely fills the needs of flight schools around the world looking for a primary trainer to teach flying to the many pilots who are part of the big uptick in training we’re seeing today. So with this need being so directly addressed by Cessna with its Skyhawk and, for that matter, by Piper with its equally highly regarded four-seat, 180-hp low-wing Archer, the question is, why the V.1.0?

As it turns out, Ameravia has a great answer for that, and it starts, but doesn’t end, with cost.

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