Mosquito XE Single Seat Helicopter

Composite FX's single seat Mosquito helicopter is definitely the first mosquito I've ever seen that I don't want to squash between my hands, or watch fly right into a zapper. The company's XE line of Mosquito helicopter is intended as an "affordable, high performance machine for helicopter enthusiasts."

Composite FX's original Mosquito helicopter is the plain XE, a light helicopter they say has exceptional auto-rotation capabilities and a strong tail rotor authority. You can check one out from the pilot's POV in the video above, dipping, curving, and coasting above somewhere with a whole lotta fields of green. It looks both exhilarating and peaceful for a sunny Saturday afternoon, but what I'd really like to see is a demo of the Mosquito flying its aviator from home in Naperville to work in downtown Chicago.

Another member of the XE family is the 285, a more robust Mosquito Composite FX calls the "workhorse" of the bunch. It's piston-powered, water-cooled, and oil- and fuel-injected, with a programmable ignition. The engine is 800cc, 85HP, with a fuel consumption rate of 6 gallons per hour so you can escape to skies farther away, and for longer.

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