KISS 912 S flight test campain

Today we proceeded to test the next version of the KISS with the 100 HP Rotax.
All data / performance calculated showed correct.
A great day for this test, and a nice birthday present for me.
Day conditions:

Temperature 25 degre C
Pressure 1015 mb
Wind 15-20 km/h full cross (90degre) our runway. (not really helping…)
Loaded with pilot 90 kg plus passengers from 70 up to 90 kg, 35 kg fuel.
Take-Off weight was 450 kg
Distance T-O = 100 m
Climb ranged from 700 ft/mn to 550 ft/mn with the heaviest passenger.
Cruise speed at 5000 RPM = 130 – 135 km/h
Top speed horizontal flying = 155 km/h
Approach speed around 80 km/h flare in 5 m. Really easy.
Rotor RPM on cruise 360, and at 60 degre banking 400 (size still our small 8.4m)
Perfect.
KISS shows the same natural and forgiving rock solid behaviour. A pleasure to fly with this added power.
I tried it solo, then wow, that starts to kick !

T-O in 40m
Climbs 1000 ft/mn
Cruise speed at 5000 RPM = 135 – 140 km/h
Top speed (red zone engine)160 km/h
Rotor 330 RPM, and 370 380 on the 60 degre banks.
An optional VP propeller will definitely increase that top speed.
This is one of the benefil of the KISS, it is designed to accept a lot of options, as per your budget will allow you to do upgrades on the machine.

A pleasure to fly as before.

Next step, we are currently finishing the serial version development. That’s gona be a great hit.
Then we will in a few weeks in parallel to the development, test the KISS 912 Turbo…!

Thanks for your patience and to follow our progress. It is worth it.

R. CELIER