1996: 500 Barnes Blvd, Rockledge, FL 32955, USA.
1997: 582 Niemi Rd, Woodland, WA 98674, USA.
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Asso XIV Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire scale replica based on the IV Whisky.
Asso X Jewel / Millennium Master / Tarragon Pelegrin / Blackshape Prime
The Asso X Jewel is an all – wood, low wing, single engine, two tandem seats ultralight aircraft development of the V Champion, designed by Italian designer Giuseppe Vidor. Laminar flow wing.
This aircraft is one of his many wooden designs, marketed by Vidor’s Asso Aerei company, like the Asso V Champion, Asso IV Whisky and Asso VI Junior. The aircraft kit/plans are specified for the Rotax 912, but it is also one of the very few aircraft reported to be using the Sauer S 2100 ULT engine.
Variants:
Millennium Master (2006)
A composite airplane, evolved from the Asso X Jewel.
Tarragon Pelegrin
A composite airplane, evolved from the Millennium Master.
Blackshape Prime (2007)
A composite airplane, evolved from the Millennium Master.
X Jewel
Engine: Rotax 912
Propeller: 2-bladed with ground-adjustable pitch
Wingspan: 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 9.6 m2 (103 sq ft)
Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Height: 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
Empty weight: 282.5 kg (623 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
Maximum speed: 300 km/h (186 mph; 162 kn)
Cruise speed: 286 km/h (178 mph; 154 kn)
Stall speed: 64 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)
Never exceed speed: 330 km/h (205 mph; 178 kn)
Range: 1,300 km (808 mi; 702 nmi)
Wing loading: 47 kg/m2 (9.6 lb/sq ft)
Capacity: 2
Asso VIII Centauro
Fiat G.55 scale replica based on the IV Whisky.
Asso VI Junior / Evolution
The Asso VI Junior / Evolution simplified III, fixed gear, plus a glider version with greater wingspan.
Asso VI Evolution is aevelopment of the Junior, with reduced wingspan, flaps and sliding canopy.
Asso V X-Ray
Side-by-side version of the IX Warrior.
Asso IV Whisky
2-seat tandem taildragger with fixed or retractable maingear. (Also known as Aerostar?)
Asso III
Ultralight to avoid the luxury tax, based on the Asso I but much lighter. Many kits sold.
Asso I
Side-by-side 2-seat taildragger built by Vidor based on the Piel Super Emeraude – one built 1980. It is also known as RD 95, after Vidor’s friend and advisor, Robert Denize, who had collaborated with Claude Piel. Another, built by Vidor, first flew in 1984.
Asso Aerei
Asso Aerei Srl (English: Ace Aircraft Limited) is an Italian designer of light and ultralight aircraft founded by Giuseppe (Bepi) Vidor. Vidor (died 23 September 2013 aged 72) was a carpenter who studied engineering at night school, and all his aircraft are wooden designs, most with tricycle landing gear. The aircraft are homebuilt from plans or from very basic kits. The name Vidor Asso is also used.
Uncompleted projects:
Asso XVI
Tandem 2-seater with pusher engine at the rear.
Asso XVIB
Twin-Wankel engines driving a single propeller.
Asso XVII
Side-by-side version of the X Jewel.
Asso XVIIB
Side-by-side version of the X Jewel.
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