Brumby Aircraft yesterday released new images of their MOSAIC-ready Brumby 760 high-wing.
The Cowra-based manufacturer has mated a turbo-charged Rotax 915 iS engine banned under current LSA rules with a beefed-up version of their Brumby 610 airframe.
Whilst the 760 is currently available only as a home-built kit under experimental rules, Brumby is planning for the model to be available factory-built when CASA introduces the recently-penned MOSAIC rules that will permit higher take-off weights and turbo-charged engines.
"Brumby Aircraft has added the 610 kit along with the new Brumby 760 model as both kit and production aircraft," says Brumby Aircraft's Paul Goard.
"Previously we have not concentrated on kits, rather on production aircraft; however, the new MOSAIC rules will allow owners and builders to be able to build a quality high-strength aircraft built for touring or training environment.
Brumby is offering the standard Brumby 610 and Brumby 760 in kit form as either flat pack kit or a fast-build kit, which the company says will save around 400 hours of build time.
Equipped with either a a Rotax 915 or 916 as the standard engine options, the 760 has shown a comfortable cruise of 125 KTAS at 5000 feet during testing.
"We have now several 760 under way as production aircraft and the new rules are exciting for us as a manufacturer," Goard adds. "Our standard CAD CNCÂ products along with our build manuals makes an ideal platform for this new class of aircraft with local support."
Finalised only in July this year, the new MOSAIC rules will form FAR Part 22, which will modernises the LSA category and permits aircraft with stall speed up to 61 KCAS, and new technology developed since the original LSA rules were written in 2004.
CASA is currently evaluating the new rules and how they might be adopted in Australia.