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Australian Lightwing SP 2000 Speed

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Top speed
  
240 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Howard Hughes Engineering

Wingspan
  
8.7 m

The Australian Lightwing SP-2000 Speed is an Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing of Ballina, New South Wales. 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 features a cantilever low-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 fuselage is made from welded steel tubing covered in non-structural fibreglass. Its 8.7 m (28.5 ft) span wing is built from 6061-T6 aluminum covered in doped aircraft fabric and fibreglass. Standard engines available are the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS or the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplants. Cockpit access is via gull-winged doors on both sides. Wheel pants are usually fitted.

The SP-2000 has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft as the Outback 2.

Specifications (SP-2000 Speed)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 12.62 m2 (135.8 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23013
  • Empty weight: 395 kg (871 lb)
  • Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 120 litres (26 imp gal; 32 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 240 km/h (149 mph; 130 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn)
  • Stall speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)

    • References

    Australian Lightwing SP-2000 Speed Wikipedia
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