The Liberty XL2 light aircraft is an airworthiness and production license granted by the U.S. FAA and is currently one of the most advanced carbon fiber light aircraft in the world.
So?
Two types of aircraft are the most competitive in the general aviation market.
The first category is a tried and tested classic design, the best example being the Type 172.
These models are constantly updated and improved with the development of technology, but overall they still retain the original design and concept.
The second category is successful new design, or “white paper design”.
Viewing XL2 from outside, small and exquisite, wide front body and narrow back, head and tail line radian is very large.
The first thing that comes to mind when an expert sees such a body arc is carbon fiber.
True, like Cirri’s SR22 and Boeing’s 787, the Liberty XL2’s body is made of carbon fiber.
Compared with the traditional aluminum frame, carbon fiber has many advantages, such as light weight, high strength, high plasticity, corrosion resistance and so on.
These characteristics make it a hot material in aviation manufacturing industry.
The XL2’s entire carbon fiber body shell weighs less than 50 kilograms, and the plane’s net weight is around 500 kilograms.