Bellanca 7ECA Citabria
Tandem two-seat tailwheel aircraft cleared for aerobatics from +5 to -2 g; the name is "airbatic" spelled backwards. The 7ECA is the 115 hp base model, designed for training, utility and personal flying.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 100 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 141 kt
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 132 l
- Total capacity
- 136 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 68 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 23 l/h
- Usable fuel weighs
- 95 kg
Fuel burn in cruise at 8,000 ft.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt · Concrete · Gravel
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 1
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 748 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- Tailwheel
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
- Approvals
- Aerobatics
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Bellanca
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- CH7A
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1964
Scale drawing
- Length
- 6.74 m
- Wingspan
- 10.21 m
- Fuselage width
- 0.8 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.83 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Bellanca 7ECA CitabriaLength 6.74 m
- BRM Aero Bristell B23Length 6.58 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- Green arc: normal operating range
- Yellow arc: caution, smooth air only
- Red line: never exceed
- 45 kt
- 50 kt
- 52 kt
- 67 kt
- 104 kt
- 104 kt
- 141 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Bellanca 7ECA Citabria in the simulator
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