Flight Design C4

what is it?

The Flight Design C4 is a German four seat, high-wing, single engine light aircraft under development by Flight Design of Leinfelden-Echterdingen. In February 2011 the company announced that it was developing a four-seat design. The C4 was introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen 2011 show.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 296 km/hcruise speed
• range 3,150 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,198 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 11 years ago, in 2015.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 3,150 km: 18× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

2015

introduced

2011

status

in development

number built

—

role

light aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Flight Design

engines

1× Continental IO-360-AF

length

7.9 m

wingspan

9.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,198 kg

top speed

—

cruise speed

296 km/h

range

3,150 km

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.