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Aircraft program

Centauri Valkyrie

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Composite light aircraft with rear mounted piston pusher, V-tail and canards. Also Valkyrie-X experimental version. Previously named Cobalt Co50.

Centauri Valkyrie
Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Factory-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Piston, Diesel
Application
Business, Touring

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure
Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
3-axis
Avionics architecture
Integrated glass suite
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Mid
Planform
Straight
Tail
Canard
continued
Certification
Part 23
Minimum crew
1

Notable technologies — each tag names a technology on our research record for this aircraft, with its fitting status: Primary, Standard, Option or Planned.

Composite wing (primary structure) Primary Composite fuselage (primary structure) Primary

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Centauri Valkyrie2010 / 2015Fixed-wing five-seat aircraft with canard wing configuration, developed from Cobalt 50 Valkyrie.

Airframer

Centauri Aircraft Company (was Cobalt Aircraft Industries)News

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