Aerospool

Aerospool, spol sro
Type	Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným
Industry	Aerospace
Predecessor	Aero-club Prievidza
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Prievidza , Slovakia
Products	Ultralight aircraft, aircraft kits
Services	aircraft maintenance
Website	www.aerospool.sk

Last updated August 05, 2023

Aerospool, spol sro is a Slovak aircraft manufacturer based in Prievidza. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight and kit aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.^[1]^[2] They also build major components for gliders as well as repairing and re-finishing gliders.^[3]

History

The company's first product was the fuselage for the WT3 glider. The company then branched into making hand-laid-up fibreglass transport trailers for gliders, producing more than 120 of them.^[4]

The company took on subcontract work and built more than 100 fuselages for the InterPlane Skyboy ultralight aircraft. They produced components for the WT6, the Radab Windex and the Aeropro Eurofox.^[4]

In 1992 they designed their own aircraft the Aerospool Compact.^[4]

In 1993 Aerospool commenced offering repairs for Schempp-Hirth gliders and was approved by the German airworthiness authority, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt. They started producing Schempp-Hirth gliders under contract and by 2017 were building tailplanes, elevators and winglets for the Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2C, as well as carrying out pre-assembly, painting and final assembly.^[4]

In 1996 the Impulz first flew in prototype form and was developed into the WT9 Dynamic in 2000. The two-seat WT9 Dynamic achieved commercial success and over 500 had been delivered by 2015. The three-to-four seat version of the WT9 is the WT10 Advantic, which was first flown on 11 April 2013 and remained under development in 2017. The WT10 is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction once production begins.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Aerospool:

Related Research Articles

The Schempp-Hirth Discus is a Standard Class glider designed by Schempp-Hirth. It was produced in Germany between 1984 and 1995 but has continued in production in the Czech Republic. It replaced the Standard Cirrus. It was designed by Klaus Holighaus.

The Schempp-Hirth Ventus is a sailplane produced during 1980–1994 by Schempp-Hirth, a German sailplane manufacturer. It was designed by Klaus Holighaus and replaced the Schempp-Hirth Mini-Nimbus. Schempp-Hirth manufactured 613 Ventus sailplanes.

The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth since 1994. It replaced the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus.

The Rotax 914 is a turbo-charged, four-stroke, four-cylinder, horizontally opposed aircraft engine with air-cooled cylinders and water-cooled cylinder heads. It is designed and built by the Austrian company BRP-Powertrain, owned by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), as part of its Rotax brand.

Urban Air was an aircraft manufacturer based in the Czech Republic.

The CGS Hawk is a family of high wing, strut-braced, pusher configuration, single and two-seats-in-tandem ultralight aircraft, designed by Chuck Slusarczyk and manufactured by CGS Aviation.

The Circa Reproductions Nieuports are a family of Canadian 7/8 scale World War I sesquiplane aircraft replicas designed by Graham Lee of Lamont, Alberta for amateur construction from plans sold by Lee's company Circa Reproductions. Leading Edge Air Foils of Peyton, Colorado at one time also made construction kits available. Lee's Nieuports were among the earliest First World War replicas available and paved the way for later companies to produce plans and kits for a great variety of warbirds.

The US Aviation Cumulus is an American low-wing, single-seat, open cockpit motor glider that was designed by Dave Ekstrom and produced by US Aviation, supplied in kit form for amateur construction.

The TeST TST-3 Alpin T is a Czech shoulder-wing, T-tailed, single-seat glider and motor glider that was designed and produced by TeST of Brno.

The Belite Superlite, originally the product of Belite Aircraft, is a single-seat, high-wing, single-engine ultralight aircraft developed from the Kitfox Lite aircraft especially for the United States FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category.

The Spartan DFS Trike is an American ultralight aircraft designed and produced by Spartan Microlights. The aircraft was the first ultralight introduced that could be flown with a hang glider-style wing as an ultralight trike or with a powered parachute wing.

The DAR Solo is a Bulgarian ultralight aircraft, designed by Tony Ilieff and produced by Aeroplanes DAR, first flying in August 2008.

The Aerospool WT9 Dynamic is a Slovak ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Aerospool of Prievidza. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

The SDB Karat is a Russian ultralight trike that was designed and produced by SDB of Moscow. The aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

The Silent Family Silent Glider M is a German ultralight trike motor glider, designed by Helmut Grossklaus and produced by Silent Family of Westerrade. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Australian Aircraft Kits Pty Ltd is an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Taree, New South Wales, that was established in 2003. The company principal is Ole Hartmann.

Moyes Microlights Pty Ltd is an Australian aircraft manufacturer that was based in Waverley, New South Wales and founded by hang gliding pioneer Bill Moyes. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft.

The Schempp-Hirth Ventus-3 is a sailplane produced by Schempp-Hirth. It replaces the highly successful Schempp-Hirth Ventus-2.

The Aerospool WT10 Advantic is a Slovak amateur-built aircraft, designed and being developed by Aerospool of Prievidza, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2013. The aircraft is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

The Solo 2625 is a series of German aircraft engines, designed and produced by Solo Vertriebs- und Entwicklungs GmbH of Fellbach for use in ultralight aircraft, self-launching sailplanes and homebuilt aircraft.

References

1 2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
1 2 3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 22 and 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
↑ Aerospool. "Repaint/Repair Of Gliders". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Aerospool (2017). "History". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
↑ Aerospool (2017). "Advantic WT10". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017. Our company intends to offer the Advantic WT10 as a kit.

External links

Official website

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[WDLA11-1] 1 2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

[WDLA15-2] 1 2 3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 22 and 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

[3] Aerospool. "Repaint/Repair Of Gliders". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

[Hist-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aerospool (2017). "History". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.

[5] Aerospool (2017). "Advantic WT10". aerospool.sk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017. Our company intends to offer the Advantic WT10 as a kit.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]