ICON Aircraft - A5 Angle of Attack Safety System 

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

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

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

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.

flight simulator 2020 brought me here.

A5 is a beauty.

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.

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

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.

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

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 :)

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

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

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...

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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!)

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

The most exciting GA plane I've ever seen.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The gauge might be misleading. I might be flying at very low airspeed, yet be in the green since I'm descending and thus be unaware that pulling up even slightly would immediately land me in the red. I think airspeed is also important since you've got to have either kinetic or potential energy to play with. If you've got neither, you are either touching down or about to crash.

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

$270k-389k not sure how that price is light sport

Continue with the excellent work. You guys rock.

Your aircraft is so beautiful!

Impressive product approach!

Can't wait to get one!

I love the thought process!

Another wonderful Feature on Icon A5.

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!

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

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~!

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

Incredible Team, Phenomenal Product

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

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

Sweet views of Lake Isabella and Kernville!

Very nice/useful clip and intuitive.

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

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!

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.

I will have one delivered as soon as it downloads

Awesome, can't wait to purchase

excellent video

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.

Amazing ,this device can save the industry

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

Interesting theory to be tested and discussed

i feel like this will be a game changer

It was never clear to me how it came to the point where pilots are thought to fly airspeed and not AoA. You can stall wing at any speed. AoA is what makes ti stall. Still a lot of pilots have the idea that you fly slow you stall, fly fast you are safe, and that is absolutely wrong. So cudos to you guys doing the right thing,

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

That's a sweet ride

Thanks for the videos

Simply effortless..

you guys are awesome

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

Fantastic! Love it!

have you thought about the mvp it would be nice to be able to loose that wind screen after landing

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.

Looks like a great fun plane! when will it in the market? and will you have a 4 seat model too?

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

My favorite part of this gauge is the overall aesthetic.

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

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.

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.

Yeah, the wing loading on those suckers is enormous!

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.

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

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

Fabulous project....

Amazing, AOA indicator

I like the idea of Alpha as primary instrumentation, but noticeably absent is a vertical speed indicator. You are building a seaplane that potentially will need to execute a glassy water landing. With no reference on when to flare, the only way to land is to set up a pitch-power combo that will result in a constant vertical velocity around 150-200 ft/min. This pitch-power combination changes with density altitude, and must be established at a safe altitude and checked with the VVI, before landing. Without a vertical velocity instrument, how do you propose a potential customer perform a glassy water landing?

it folds up nice, its light and easy to fly... but i live in England will it be available to me? looks great will give yas'll a lift

Just beautiful love it

4:05 that was so satisfying to watch

Well, I'm sold!

I want to be a part of this team so badly. Amazing stuff guys. It's my dream to own one of these beauties someday. Unfortunately that may not happen on a software engineer's salary.

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

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

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.

Love this plane in FS2020.

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" ...

AOA Indicator is a game changer for amateurs and professionals.

The AoA system is a result of the pilot’s flying, not the other way around. Making corrections based on it is like resolving the effect of a problem instead of the problem.

A.O.A is a great innovation .

Stall speed is all about the airflow over the wings. If you are in an envelope which reduces the airflow then you will stall. Where that envelope is depends on many factors, but AOA is one of the biggest factors. Wing loading is another. Wing loading might be the biggest contributor to stall speed. It will determine your effective AOA. The AOA is controlled by the pilot. Wing loading is a manufacturing concern. I hear about the "spin resistant" wing, but I wonder if that comes with a price of raising the wing loading? I am a part 107 pilot, but I also build scale aircraft and wing loading is one of the biggest factor when choosing an airframe. Park flyers have super low wing loading, and so they can fly low and slow, but the EDF jets usually have higher wing loading, so you can get more lift at the higher speeds. Scale usually sits in the middle depending on what you are building.

RE: (`Its an AoA gauge, its been in experimental aircraft for over 15 years`) Who says it`s not ? and of course it`s been around for ages,but to have it incorporated in a light aircraft is a quite a new development.Once again Well done Icon to the Icon team and designers.

Super Impressed!!!

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

GREAT device!