Innovator Mosquito Air

The Innovator Mosquito Air is a Canadian helicopter produced by Innovator Technologies of Rockyview, Alberta. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Mosquito Air was designed to comply with the United States FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 254 lb. It features a single main rotor and tail rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, skid landing gear and a two-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke 64 hp Zanzottera MZ 202 engine.

The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together 6061-T6 aluminium tubing, with a carbon fibre tail boom and support struts. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 5.5 m and a chord of 17 cm. The cyclic control is routed via the centre of the rotor mast and the main rotor transmission is a poly "V" belt. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 115 kg and a gross weight of 240 kg, giving a useful load of 125 kg. With full fuel of 19 L the payload for the pilot and baggage is 111 kg.

Reviewer Werner Pfaendler describes the design as "simple, but intelligent and reliable".

The Mosquito Air is the basis for the enclosed cockpit Mosquito XE.