Avama Stylus
| Stylus | |
|---|---|
| Role | Light-sport aircraft |
| National origin | Slovakia |
| Manufacturer | Avama |
| Introduction | 2010 |
| Status | In production |
| Produced | 2010-present |
The Avama Stylus is a Slovak light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Avama of Poprad and introduced at AERO Friedrichshafen in 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules as a joint venture with SK Model. It features 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.[1][2]
The Stylus' fuselage is made from welded steel tubing while the wing structure is aluminum. The fuselage and flying surfaces are covered in a mix of preformed plastic and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.5 m (31.2 ft) span wing employs a dual spar design with V-struts and jury struts. The standard engine is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.[1][2]
Variants
Specifications (Stylus X3)
Data from Bayerl and Avama[1][3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
- Gross weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 76 litres (17 imp gal; 20 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
- Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn)
- g limits: +4/-2
References
- ^ a b c d e f Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b c d e Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 32. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Avama (2011). "Our company production program". Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 9 May 2012.