ICON Aircraft - A5 Angle of Attack Safety System

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ICON Aircraft's Angle of Attack (AoA) gauge delivers a clear indication of wing performance using an easy-to-read interface. With AoA, pilots are provided a clear, visual representation of the plane's stall margin. AoA is rare in small planes but standard on the ICON A5. Along with its Spin-Resistant Airframe and available Complete Aircraft Parachute, the A5's AoA system is one of many ways ICON intends to make aviation safer, more intuitive, and more fun.

[@mr.chandler8144]

Now this is something I've always wanted to learn how to do and I'm glad if these individuals are putting forth the effort selecting something a dream come true easy way to go

[@DTT420]

5:29 Rest in Peace, This man died in an icon test flight accident, along with another person. our prayers are with you.

[@mikeoddball4478]

this is sad.especially him being so passionate about this project.

[@mikeoddball4478]

..but our customer curiosity demands : what was the origin of the disaster ?

[@canadianroot]

He got confused turning into a canyon, thinking it had an exit to a lake, but it was a box. He tried to navigate his way out of it, doing a 180, but couldn't climb high enough, fast enough, and crashed on the bank of the other side.

[@colbtron]

Rip the Roy also....

[@NecumNaTo]

Who was he? How did he die? Info pls :(

[@RydalS]

A5 is a beauty.

[@jaysantos5941]

Didn't look so great great in a hundred pieces spread around the gulf.

[@shamrock7599]

It looks great if the pilot isn't a dumbass, which Roy Halladay was.

[@hate-conductor]

No, is not.

[@jimkont3590]

@@hate-conductor why?

[@hate-conductor]

@@jimkont3590 because from some angles of view it looks like an angular box with wings

[@DanielDyck379BA]

So beautiful, and those landings were amazing! Great job @ICON Air team!

[@pequod4557]

flight simulator 2020 brought me here.

[@jbry00]

no experience flying I was able to fly this and land it on microsoft flight sim perfectly.. such a cool plane

[@kamho3089]

flight simulator 2020 brought me here. Too

[@alucard0712]

this plane quickly became my favorite. dashboard, visibility is amazing and it can land on water

[@techbytefrontier]

same my friend , same.

[@greatkingrat]

Me too

[@JHIndustries1]

Another excellent addition to the A5 project. Kirk, I have said it before, I'll say it again, outstanding team, outstanding accomplishments. Look forward to touching base at Osh and congratulations on the AoA accomplishment a beautiful pairing with the spin recovery and BSR systems. Win, win, win.

[@Thomas22may]

I have an Icon A5, only an RC model but it keeps me motivated to work for the real thing, absolutely love this plane. It's a work of art really :)

[@p38sheep]

Swiss-viation couple of years later but who makes your RC? I'd love to look at one!

[@Thomas22may]

@@p38sheep lol, I believe it was Horizon Hobby that made it, don't know if they still make them.

[@p38sheep]

Swiss-viation sweet thanks for the reply... looks like it's been discontinued sadly. I'm looking at a nice 1.5m timber though :-)

[@Thomas22may]

@@p38sheep I'm sorry to hear that. The Icon RCs did sell out quick quickly from what I can remember. If you can get one out of timber, why not, 😁👍

[@p38sheep]

Swiss-viation birthday is coming up! Very well might! Cheers!

[@Pintuuuxo]

I can not avoid commenting this excellent video! I don't know what's best: the video or the aircraft! This really shows you the passion of flying. Good job!

[@onenessisthekeyJISL]

that is a game changer I am interested. you guys are the future I can see every commercial Air liner with this capabilities.

[@JcMrry]

What an inspiration aircraft, team of people and company. I look forward to hearing of the A5 coming to the UK at some point!

[@markdoan1472]

My issue is you could buy two ultra modern STOL Zlin cub ultras with the turbocharged rotax 915 , one on floats and one on wheels for the price of one of these .. Two brand new far more capable planes for the price of one

[@futuresonex]

OK, I admit it. I'm impressed. I've been a fan of Advanced Flight Systems' AoA displays for years (still am), but that's about as intuitive a display as one can get.

[@garyjohnson4575]

I'll have to get one of these in the next life, all the good stuff is coming out now!! (Dear Worlds Fair, I attended the World of Tomorrow exhibition. It's now 2019.....the future still has not happened. Thanks for the lowered expectations!)

[@BenderPY]

I’m a real life pilot and wow, there’s no doubt that an AoA indicator in GA planes would have done work a lot easier, even to understand how important it is to interpret correctly and knowing it’s limits with a little simple and complex instrument at the same time.

[@danielcockerspaniel]

Jon karkow was a legend in the aircraft design community. Greatest engineer I ever worked with.

[@c4pilot29902]

Love those camera angles of the A/C in this video!

[@desi176]

Simple concept that makes so much sense. Hawkins is genius to include this!

[@bluestudio67]

The most exciting GA plane I've ever seen.

[@billiewadu2722]

LSA not GA ol boy :)

[@NeverGiveUp8080]

Speaking about implementation of AOA indicator & it will change the way we teach people how to fly, most of the instructors will go, do what ever you want just don't bring it to the red...awesome aircraft~!

[@mctubed]

Team Synergy congratulates Icon for putting AoA awareness front and center and for bringing it to the forefront of the aviation safety discussion. What a nice priority to insist upon from your earliest designs forward.

[@JetAnders]

I like the picture that was shown of the future dashboard. Keeps getting better looking.

[@HiddenPalm]

WOW! Now I know what that indicator is on the dashboard of the ICON A5 in MSFS. I've been wondering since I first tried it a few days ago. Logged in 9 hours of flying on the ICON A5. Thank you!

[@7GtwNYkHYs]

After having a difficult time flying the other planes in Flight Simulator 2020 I hopped into this thing and had a blast, even if it's a video game its angle of attack gauge is so intuitive to fly. I was like landing on lakes and making low height maneuvers it was like a duck

[@danpiraino]

This is a great video-very informative, triple thumbs up!

[@Ton369]

I've been using AoA in my Hyundai roadster for years !

[@emotionaloveracorolla5274]

Same

[@cnwbywebhelp]

Continue with the excellent work. You guys rock.

[@blue04mx53]

Yep it is a pretty representation of the old buzzer that has been around for decades. I can still hear the buzzer starting to come on in my head as I was doing stall / spin training. Buzzes a little you feel it getting mushy it buzzes a lot in a turn you are going to have fun ! Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't see this as being revolutionary.

[@devonopdendries7722]

My thoughts exactly! The stall horn is an AoA indicator... just simpler and cheaper, and at least you don't have to see it to be warned. In most practical ways, the old stall horn is better.

[@dalford]

I love the thought process!

[@MrOstfreesland]

Impressive product approach!

[@eamonshields2754]

Incredible Team, Phenomenal Product

[@FenTheFur]

After flying around in a lot of GA planes I have to say AoA is something I wish I had from the beginning. I'm not a private pilot or LSA pilot but I have friends that let me fly with them and perform landings and such. With AoA I could see myself nailing perfect landings every time.

[@Naotakun]

Flight simulator 2020 brought me here and boy do I love flying this plane in that sim

[@yopacific]

Wow, this machine looks like incredible fun and AOA is balls....

[@Happyturtlebeach]

C'mon guys! I can't wait any more, I want to fly it!

[@CH1EFBL1TZ]

A lot of people including myself are loving your plane in Microsoft flight simulator 20

[@FerrariDMC]

I'm in Dubai. Will you be making one in solid gold?

[@Tadesan]

FerrariDMC I've got one installed in my BMW!

[@danielkoskiluoto4499]

DUBAI TOO

[@mikecorleone6797]

FerrariDMC send me some gold 😭 I’m poor over here in California lol

[@jorgeparra196]

too heavy

[@fhclappen8595]

Solid gold? It will never get off the ground, or get a 747 engine just to charge dow a runway, no flying

[@rathwije1579]

Another wonderful Feature on Icon A5.

[@MrMojaveDude]

ICON is a great small aircraft company in California, Not many left here. I own a small manufacturing business and have done some work for them, The people there are Top notch to work with. Have not heard much from them as of late, but am looking forward to possibly working with them more in the future. Not many innovative small business left in this state compared to 20-30 years ago. Go ICON!

[@tphone720]

That has got to be the single most important tool available to general public making flying safer.

[@EdwardChew]

Your aircraft is so beautiful!

[@MasboyRC]

Awesome, it's the most of my dream plane.

[@NORKIE]

this thing is soooo handy, I'm not a pilot but I've been playing flight sim with this little bad boy and damn its nice to fly.

[@Steve.191]

Can't wait to get one!

[@rafaeltorres2886]

Amazing ,this device can save the industry

[@cnknguyen]

I'd love to fly this airplane... need to save a few more pennies until they opportunity arises. awesome work.

[@erock682]

Awesome, can't wait to purchase

[@debanjansasmal7620]

Simply effortless..

[@VitalityMassage]

First two crashes ruled human error. Same will be with the Halladay incident except his was beyond error... it was screwing around and hot dogging it.

[@parallelburrito]

Yes it's pilot error but this company encouraged the behavior that he was exhibiting. ICON is 100% at fault for their scam marketing of this aircraft.

[@Hachiae]

@@parallelburrito what how so? the pilot should always know his own limits and fly within them

[@davespringer777]

@@Hachiae I agree. Car companies show their vehicles drifting corners and speeding through mountain trails. Doesn't mean I should try it. Hell, Suzuki sponsors Travis Pastrana. Maybe I'll try a double backflip.

[@Nono-di6hg]

@@davespringer777 Absolutely on point. Everyone whos talking crap about this should be talking crap about how every car company exists............period. Nobody, and i mean NOBODY knows the rate theyre going until they hit and i mean HIT the ground or some thing.

[@Nono-di6hg]

To add to what I said.. you never get in a vehicle where the driver/pilot takes off thinking there's a 100% chance you'll be parking safely. Never. That's called ignorance.

[@nielszwinselman4737]

Love the plane realy flies good. Been using it since release to get accros the world ;)

[@ChrizRockster]

Brilliant idea! AoA has been a thing of Business Jets upwards for far too long! Really important piece of information. I'm sure it will be integrated into Garmin / Bendix / Avidyne suites before too long!

[@0utriderzero]

An Angle of Attack indicator: I wish I had this when I was learning to fly all those years ago!

[@bristol1965]

Very nice/useful clip and intuitive.

[@loneaxolotl]

I have fallen in love with it. in fact, I'm inspired. Someday, I will have it.

[@normandrapeau2398]

Kage Krôss nnn

[@normandrapeau2398]

Why couldn’t airspeed, wind, humidity, etc be computed with a variable AoA into one display, with standard gauges in blackout?

[@normandrapeau2398]

Also add audible warning

[@uminhtetoo]

AOA Indicator is a game changer for amateurs and professionals.

[@MegaTriumph1]

I totally think this plane is top shelf awesome product.

[@arivo9062]

CHEER TO YOU GUYS. gREAT wORKS. DEFINITELY BUY ONE IN THE FUTURE

[@ryanevius]

Sweet views of Lake Isabella and Kernville!

[@mythologicalmyth]

Thanks for the videos

[@thelight888]

excellent video

[@Eltoca21]

Fantastic! Love it!

[@TechInspected]

Love this plane in FS2020.

[@CocoKeb]

Just beautiful love it

[@bharindia]

Fabulous project....

[@GT47179]

Interesting theory to be tested and discussed

[@zoomkitty]

I will have one delivered as soon as it downloads

[@mrimmortalis]

Awesome little aircraft. Living 500 meters from an airport, and 4 km away from the Danube, i'd really appreciate an aircraft like this.

[@shuangli5466]

i feel like this will be a game changer

[@MrJoshua49651]

Amazing, AOA indicator

[@BeyondPerformancePowerboats]

Super Impressed!!!

[@joshrandalldisavows6697]

Incredible! Hopefully ICON has a 4 seater in mind for the future.

[@TheWinnieston]

That's a sweet ride

[@stevenbogardus3447]

Wow, I'm impressed! I would really be impressed if they ever sell an aircraft. The only thing they've sold so far is stock in their company and a promise. Both of them have the same value.

[@rcsurfingSA]

Happy now?

[@Y2Kr4SHM4N]

A child could fly this puppy! AOA indicator that demonstrates optimum approach vector? I want!!!

[@jshepard152]

In June 2015, the company indicated that they had 1,250 orders for the A5 and plans to build 500 per year by 2017. Total number built by the end of 2017? 23. Total number built by 2019? 90. Meanwhile, the price is up to $400k. Hmm...

[@tommy35ss]

They found out the problem with liability in aviation

[@KMExceeder]

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[@fdryer5116]

Thanks for the stats. More Icons are in the news and why? They're crashing from either sport pilots taking risks from unfamiliarity with the range of issues related to water takeoffs and landings coupled with low time experience to ignoring medical risks from drugs affecting dynamic effects from flight.

[@6milesup]

I looked at becoming involved in the company when they first started prototyping. The issue I recognized, and one that troubled me, was their incredibly top heavy corporate structure. Never a good thing when you are trying to develop a new product and input from the design floor is important.

[@davidwootton683]

I feel for these people and the families of those who have gone. I have seen new and old pilot's who needed to go back to school. The ground/water is not your friend, it is there waiting to kill you. An engineer who I work with bent two Harvard's while training in the Airforce. Staying alive and safe is a mindset. I have spent years climbing in canyons/kloofs, no one in their right mind wants to fly any kind of aircraft in these places. I nearly bought the 'Farm' a few years ago. It was in a B747-400 over central Africa. We went through some really severe thunderstorms. We dropped tail first out of one of them. Then hit the updraft, this was like hitting a wall. I never thought you could corkscrew one of these things, but we did. The pilots had to hand fly us back to France for repairs. Thanks for the interesting video, this thing is like a flying Jetski on Testosterone. And greetings from Africa.

[@ChristopherJMBrown]

Well, I'm sold!

[@Dee-Jay]

GREAT device!

[@paulh4943]

if I would win the lottery, it would be the first thing I would buy. It looks so good and fun.

[@777.productions8]

you guys are awesome

[@jackpleus8485]

Are you going to make a bigger version. For something like 4 people

[@JerDog1984]

4:05 that was so satisfying to watch

[@jahnkaplank8626]

the AOA indicator is revolutionary for general aviation. I'm sure we'll see more of it from other manufacturers. There needs to be a standard, though. Same gauge, same lines, like that.

[@longshot7601]

While not critical for GA aircraft (afterall, GA aircraft have been flying without it) an AOA indicator would be VERY helpful. It would give you a graphic representation of would you are on the speed/loading curve. To say that a pilot would ignore his VSI because of the AOA indicator is like saying that he would ignore his VSI because of his airspeed indicator. You use the available instruments to get a picture of what teh aircraft is doing.

[@celtekrider2]

AMAZING!!

[@fabiocassan]

Excellent idea.We should use AOA in the liners as well! Fabio

[@cbm9i]

Amazing!!!

[@user-wc7me1vz4q]

Love this Airplane want to take the class so bad on my to do list

[@wafi0123]

A.O.A is a great innovation .

[@YessenShokparov]

A5 is a super!

[@killingfields1424]

Power or airspeed is critical to aircraft's stall characteristic. Leading edge flaps or slots can help prevent it but power is still needed

[@MrTimbo59]

Yeah, the wing loading on those suckers is enormous!

[@dkeberhard]

It's good and would be useful. A very easy to interpret AOA gauuge has been in existence for a long time. It is found in USAF T-38s. Besides the guage, there is a 3 light vertical display that sits in your line of sight on top of the glare shield. A red chevron points downward if you are slow, a green donut in the middle if you are on speed, and a yellow chevron pointing up if you are fast. we "fly the green donut" ...

[@johnp2110]

F-16 has an angle of attack indicator just to the left of the hud. Monitoring it to maintain 11 degrees aoa is a large part of the landing procedure. Another cool fact. F-22 and f-35 can fly in excess of 50 degrees aoa.

[@Spiralbevelgear]

Also, stall angle of attack may be different at different conditions: altitude, humidity, leading edge surface finish, Reynolds #, side slide, and other. It would be more accurate to use stall indicator based on something else (like airfoil surface pressure, or so) instead of the angle of attack. Practically, it may be a condition that it stalls even AoA indicator says it should not. So you will need to icrease safety margin to compensate errors.

[@zericocasanovamunthe5231]

It's amazing.

[@steveleblanc4099]

totally badass!!!

[@EndlessSkyway]

Absolutely! AOA is the most primary information needed by a pilot. Archaic FAA regulations requiring Airspeed, etc. (and not AOA) exist only as an artifact of history -- from the 1920's! It's time for a change. FAA needs to dispense with the requirement for Airspeed, and add a requirement for AOA.

[@bradyspace]

Canardly wait.

[@driftliketokyo34ftw35]

My favorite part of this gauge is the overall aesthetic.

[@enriquearaujo7447]

SENCILLAMENTE MARAVILLOSA!!! FELICITACIONES!!! QUIERO UN EJEMPLAR URGENTE!!!

[@rogerb-d-r7265]

my dream aircraft