The P92 design dates to 1960, but versions comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, an enclosed cabin with two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration accessed by doors, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made sheet aluminum tubing. Standard engines available are the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 and the 100 hp (75 kW) Lycoming O-233 four-stroke powerplants.
The P92 Eaglet was introduced in 2008. It employs a cockpit section made of steel tubing covering in sheet aluminum and a monocoque tail cone. It also features a new wing design, a rear window and a cabin that is 117 cm (46 in) wide.
The design is an accepted Federal Aviation Administration special light-sport aircraft.
Variants
P92 JS
An upgraded version of the P92-J with 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912S. Changes include shortened wings, metal flaps, redesigned engine cowling and fairings.
P92 LY
As P92 JS but with Lycoming YO-233-B2A engine instead of Rotax
P92 Echo
Available with 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS engine.
P92 Sea-Sky
Amphibian version of the P92 Echo, with conventional floats equipped with retractable wheels.
P92 S Echo
Redesigned wings, engine cowling, windshield and fairing to reduce drag. Available with 81 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912U or 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912S.
P92 Echo Super
With 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS.
P92 J
An upgraded version of the Echo. Available with 81 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912U.
P92 2000RG
Fuselage redesigned, shorter wingspan, retractable landing gear. With 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912S engine.
P92 Eaglet
100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912 engine, adds winglets to improve aerodynamic efficiency
P92 Eaglet G5
As P92 Eaglet but with free-castering nosewheel instead of steerable
P92 Eaglet G5LY
As P92 Eaglet G5 but with Lycoming YO-233-B2A engine instead of Rotax.
P92 TD
A conventional landing gear equipped (taildragger) compliant with the American Light Sport rules, First flown on 22 December 2011 and introduced at Sun 'n Fun 2012.
P92 Echo Light Classic
Tricycle landing gear equipped version with a gross weight of 500 kg (1,102 lb)
Civil
The P92 is popular with flight training schools and is also operated by private individuals and companies.