est a ronautique avions pierre robin apex aircraft founded 2011 headquarters darois france products fixed wing aircraft website robin aircraft.com robin aircraft is a french manufacturer of light aircraft . it succeeds to centre est a ronautique avions pierre robin and apex aircraft avions robin and robin aviation . contents 1 history 2 aircraft 3 references 3.1 citations 3.2 bibliography 4 external links history edit centre est a ronautique was formed by pierre robin and jean d l montez the principal designer of jodel aircraft in october 1957 . it began manufacturing aircraft at darois near dijon france . the first aircraft was designed by robin and d l montez . it was based on the d10 a four seater designed by douard joly and d l montez at jodel that was shelved when work on the jodel d11 became more urgent . in collaboration with robin it became the jodel robin . it later became the dr100 model jodel s models all had d followed by a number . robin and d l montez continued to upgrade the design between 1957 and 1972 . the dr100 range was succeeded by the dr200 range . production continued in november 1970 under the name avions pierre robin . the robin dr400 first flew in 1972 and is still in production . it has a tricycle undercarriage and can carry 4 people . the dr aircraft have the cranked wing configuration in which the dihedral angle of the outer wing is much greater than the inboard a configuration which they share with jodel aircraft . the best known today is the popular dr400 which is a wooden sport monoplane conceived by pierre robin and jean d l montez . the robin hr200 had a different designer chris heintz and is fully metallic unlike the wooden dr series . it is a light aerobatic aircraft aimed at flight training . the robin r2000 series was developed from the hr200 and is produced as the alpha 2000 by alpha aviation in hamilton new zealand since 2004 . avions pierre robin was acquired by apex aircraft of france in 1988 . aircraft continued to be manufactured at darois under the names avions robin and robin aviation . apex aircraft went into liquidation in 2008 and was acquired by ceapr . supplies of spares resumed in march 2009 . aircraft manufacturing resumed in 2012 under the name robin aircraft . all type certificates are held by ceapr . robin aircraft was in its turn succeeded by robin new aircraft in 2015 ; the company offers the dr401 aircraft a dr400 upgraded with a glass cockpit and available with several engine options . aircraft edit robin hr200 120b robin dr400 ecoflyer 135cdi the new dr401 with a wider cabin and electric flaps and trim has been introduced at aero friedrichshafen on 9 april 2014 . robin atl robin dr100 robin dr200 robin dr300 robin dr400 robin hr100 robin hr200 robin r1000 robin r2000 robin r3000 robin x4 references edit citations edit bibliography edit external links edit official website alpha aviation pilotfriend.com s page about robin with sub pages about each aircraft . france portal companies portal aviation portal v t e aircraft produced by centre est a ronautique avions pierre robin apex aircraft robin aircraft atl dr. 100 dr. 200 dr. 300 dr. 400 hr .100 hr .200 r1000 r2000 r3000 x4 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title robin aircraft & oldid 723167393 categories aircraft manufacturers of france navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisitaliano edit links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 12 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view