Storey Aviation ~

Storey Aviation flying Mosquito XET helicopter at Composite FX

Welcome to Storey Aviation, the authorized full service dealer for Composite FX and it's XE Series line of personal helicopters for central US. We are located in Tennessee and we are here to help you achieve your goal of safely purchasing, building, registering and maintaining your very own personal helicopter from start to finish.

When purchasing through Storey Aviation, all kit prices are the same as the factory except for the dealer offered options and hourly services as we don't have the overhead that the factory has.

We are dedicated to suppling unpresidented customer service before, during and after any sale or service.

This website is designed with the first time buyers perspective in mind along with a lot of information for current owners as well, and not strictly as a sales website of "here are our products".

Yes, we do list the different models of the XE Series helicopters, their standard specifications and our build assist programs and services, but we've worked to also include a lot of the extra information that the first time buyers need to know, just like I needed to know back when I was looking for my first helicopter kit in 2015.

Be sure to keep checking our website often as we update frequently. Especially the BLOGS/FOR SALE page as it is our most updated page with monthly information pertaining to Mosquito XE Seires helicopters.

New! We have now started a FOR SALE section on our BLOG/FORSALE page.

OUR NEXT KNOWN EVENTS TO ATTEND

Storey Aviation is wishing everyone Well Wishes and Good Health. We look forward to enjoying some great flying weather with our friends, Mosquito community and the Experimental Helicopter community family! Here are the next upcoming main events that we will be attending.

2022 TENNESSEE MOSQUITO FALL GATHERING

Sponsored by StoreyAviation and Composite FX.

Everyone welcome and all helicopters welcome!

When: Officially it’s Saturday October 15th and Sunday October 16th. But it’s OK if you show up on Friday.

Where: The Storeyrosa. 935 Beene Rd. Finger, TN. 38334 If your flying in: DD (decimal degrees) 35.377222, -88.598055 DMS (degrees, minutes, seconds) N35º22'38", W88º35'53"

Once again, CFX Crew Members Dwight Junkin (CFX Owner), Mike Messex and myself will be playing all weekend and is open to anyone that would like to come “Meet & Greet”, see, feel, sit in and ask any questions about the Mosquito XE Series line up of helicopters. OR, just for the camaraderie of our Experimental Helicopter Community! Kinda of like the last gathering for the year 2022 for the central US. I’m sure that if weather is 1/2 way descent, something will be in the air throughout the weekend!

Bring your chair. Bring your helicopter. Bring your camper. There is plenty of room for boon-docking style camping. Sorry, no hookups. Weather permitting there will be a bonfire Saturday night.

FOOD: Saturday night is $5 for BBQ. There will be free bottled water and “Arnold Palmer” Sweet Tea/Lemonade (official Storeyrosa drink) that you can drink throughout the day!

Available food in nearby Henderson for Breakfast and Lunch which is only 10 minutes away include Jacks, Wendy’s, McDonalds and Taco Bell.

If your not camping, HOTEL: The Americana Inn Henderson which is also a quick 10 minute drive from the Storeyrosa. If you mention “StoreyAviation Fly In”, when you make your reservation, there is a little discount on the room. $69 per night.

If your bringing your significant other, there are several brand hotels 30 minutes north in Jackson near the Highway 45 and I-40 intersection with more places to eat and shop. Just to name a few hotels in Jackson are: Fairfield Inn & suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Howard Johnson, Comfort Suites and Double Tree.

Just to name a few “Eats” in Jackson: Chick-fil-A Chili’s, Cheddar’s, Perkins Restaurant, TGI Fridays, Olive Garden and Texas Roadhouse

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

The Worlds largest air show, Oshkosh AirVenture.

WOW! What a crazy, fun, action packed week. Long hours talking to lots of people in the Composite FX booth with demonstration flights everyday from 11:30 to 2:30. With 6 days of flying, I ended up going through almost 100 gallons of JetA out of the 140 gallons that I took. I had lots of fun putting my Mosquito XET through it paces and ended up flying an average of 5 flights per day. If you were in the area during the designated rotorcraft time slot for flying, you knew there was a Mosquito turbine in the air! For those that knew what I did in the 90’s for Horizon, it’s just like old times. Except the helicopters are bigger and way more fun. LOL!!! Got the chance to meet old friends and make some new ones.

Composite FX swept the highly coveted "Lindy Awards" (Charles Lindbergh) with my good friend Mike Messex taking First Place Grand Champion for Experimental Helicopters with his beautiful highly polished Purple/Silver Mosquito XE290 prototype. I somehow managed to take Reserve Grand Champion with my Mosquito XET.

I have to say that I’ve been to Oshkosh AirVenture many times before but as this was my first year to fly demonstration flights at Oshkosh/AirVenture, I've never been so involved and active with the many, many volunteer workers. I now have a greater appreciation for all the volunteers and the hard work they do to help keep all the flying aircraft safe, and to make the air show a success. Kudos to you guys!

I'm look forward to seeing everyone again next year at the Composite FX booth and out on the flight line at the 2022 EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh!

Please check our CALENDAR page for more details and known events for the year

What is the XE Series

At the heart of the XE Series line of helicopters lies the proven and well known Mosquito Air. The Mosquito Air was basically replaced with the XEL (part 103 legal) once the XE fuselage series line of helicopters was introduced. As of 2019, the Mosquito Air kit is no longer available but is still supported. The XE was the next variant to be released followed by the XET and XE285.

The XE Series line of helicopters all share the same fuselage, rotor head, tail rotor and mechanics, and in a hover, basically have the same feel, responsiveness and stability. However, the differences between each models powerplant is pretty substantial.

Be sure to check out our XE SERIES MODELS page for a quick review of how each of the powerplants between the different models evolved.

The XE Series Helicopter Dimensions:

Rotor Diameter 233.5" or 19.5'

Tail Rotor Diameter 40" or 3.3'

Landing Gear Width 61.5" or 5.1'

Helicopter Height 82" or 6.8'

Fuselage Length 192" or 16'

Overall Length 253" or 21.1'

Cabin Width 25" or 2.1'