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Australian Lightwing GR 912

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Wingspan
  
9.5 m

Manufacturer
  
Howard Hughes Engineering

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The Australian Lightwing GR 912 and Sport 2000 are a family of Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing and introduced in 1986. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

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Design and development

The aircraft series feature a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made with a welded steel fuselage covered in a combination of fibreglass and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.50 m (31.2 ft) span wing is made with an aluminum frame and partially covered in aluminum sheet and doped fabric. Standard engines available are the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant and automotive conversions. The cockpit width is 106 cm (42 in).

Variants

GR 532
Initial version with Rotax 532 powerplant
GR 582
Version with Rotax 582 powerplant
GR 912
Tail wheel-equipped version
Sport 2000
Nose-wheel equipped version

Specifications (GR 912)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
  • Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 60 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

    • Performance

  • Cruising speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
  • Endurance: 3.2 hours

    • References

    Australian Lightwing GR 912 Wikipedia
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