The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing, with the wing constructed from aluminum sheet and all surfaces covered in dopedaircraft fabric. Its 36.3 ft (11.1 m) span wing employs a USA 35B airfoil, has an area of 190.7 sq ft (17.72 m2) and mounts flaps. The wing is supported by "V"-struts and jury struts. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is 150 to 180 hp (112 to 134 kW) and standard engines used include the 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming O-320four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is 1200 hours. The aircraft can be mounted on wheels, floats or skis.[1]
Operational history
By December 2011 the company indicated that 20 examples had been completed and flown. By December 2015, 27 examples had been registered with Transport Canada and 13 in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[1][3][4]
^ a b c d eVandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
^Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 144. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
^Transport Canada (19 December 2015). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^Federal Aviation Administration (19 December 2015). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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