Английская Википедия:Aviadesign A-16 Sport Falcon
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The Aviadesign A-16 Sport Falcon is an American light-sport aircraft that was designed by Aviadesign, a certified aircraft modification company based in Camarillo, California. The A-16 was announced at Sun 'n Fun April 2006 and introduced at the LSA Expo held in Sebring, Florida in 2007. The aircraft was to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5]
Jane's Information Group reports that two prototypes were completed by 2006, but it is not clear if any other examples ever flew before the company went out of business.[3]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1][2]
The aircraft is made with a welded steel tubing airframe. Its Шаблон:Convert span wing employs a single strut per side. The standard engine for production examples was intended to be the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant. Entry to the cockpit is via an airstair door.[1][2]
The design is listed on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of accepted SLSAs, but as no longer in production.[6]
Operational history
In March 2010 reviewer Dan Johnson reported on a test flight in the prototype:
Specifications (A-16)
References
External links
- Former location of the company official website
- Last official webpage for the design from 30 October 2010
- Company website archives on Archive.org
- Photograph of the prototype A-16
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 32. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Шаблон:ISSN
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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