Robin R1180 Aiglon

The Robin R.1180 Aiglon is a French four-seat touring and training monoplane designed and built by Avions Robin. It is an all-metal low-wing aircraft with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, powered by a nose-mounted Lycoming O-360 flat-four piston engine rated at 180 horsepower. The design grew out of the earlier Robin HR100, keeping its basic layout but adding a lighter airframe and a new fin and rudder. The prototype first flew on 25 March 1977, and the production version, with detail improvements, was certified on 19 September 1978. Three versions are recorded: the single R.1180 prototype, the R.1180T with longer cabin side windows, of which 30 were built, and the R.1180TD Aiglon II, 36 built, which added a new instrument panel, improved cabin furnishing and an external baggage locker. The R.1180 has an empty weight of 650 kg, a gross weight of 1,150 kg, a maximum speed of 251 km/h and a range of 1,625 km.