New single engine jet; rumor mill churning...

[SteveC]

Rumor is that a new single engine jet will be unveiled at Oshkosh. Spy pictures below.

One rumor is that it is an Eclipse (wings appear to match Eclipse design I guess), while another says Toyota (N number registered to Swift Engineering which supposedly has done some development work for Toyota).

Anybody have any info to add to the rumors?

 

[Screaming_Emu]

That looks very much like the Cirrus jet...but smaller

 

[akaFlyboy 4]

looks very similar to:

 

[akaFlyboy 4]

which from the outside looks like;

 

[akaFlyboy 4]

i mean like this

 

[JDMcFly]

It's going to be awesome to have a bunch of these guys buzzing around.

 

[SteveC]

i mean like this

Similar, but not the same.

 

[akaFlyboy 4]

The jets on Toyota are monted on the wings I thought and look up side down.

 

[Screaming_Emu]

The jets on Toyota are monted on the wings I thought and look up side down.

wrong Japanese car manufacturer

 

[akaFlyboy 4]

ahhhh yea it was honda that put them on the wings, and they look upsidedown

 

[BobDDuck]

It's going to be awesome to have a bunch of these guys buzzing around.

Oh yeah... Really awesome to have to sit behind a guy doing .60 at F360.

(an no smart remarks about RJs from NJCaptain)

 

[NJA_Capt]

Oh yeah... Really awesome to have to sit behind a guy doing .60 at F360.

(an no smart remarks about RJs from NJCaptain)

LOL :hiya:

 

[Seggy]

(an no smart remarks about RJs from NJCaptain)

I'll say though that they ALL suck.

Chicks don't dig the CTRL+ALT+DEL jets, they dig beta.

 

[mattp1803]

Chicks dig 172's.

 

[BobDDuck]

I'll say though that they ALL suck.

Chicks don't dig the CTRL+ALT+DEL jets, they dig beta.

Maybe... but you've got to admit, a barbie jet is a whole lot more of a phallic symbol then the most props (with maybe the exception of the SAAB 2000).

 

[scramjet]

Looks like a shrunken Eclipse to me...

 

[ComplexHiAv8r]

I would guess a pre-design for the Cirrus to prove the engine location, etc.

 

[SteveC]

Eclipse it is.

Unveiled this morning at Oshkosh.

http://www.airventure.org/2007/news/070723_eclipse.html

 

[Andrew_VT]

This has been rumored on the Eclipse Critic blog. Their program needs a good distraction and this is it.

 

[GatorFC]

I've read that it uses a lot of componentry from their production jet, but it's still pretty impressive from concept to flight in 6 months.

More pics from Aero-News Network:
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm#d

Video can be found here:
http://www.aero-tv.net/index.cfm