Australian Lightwing SP-2000 Speed

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Australian Lightwing SP-2000 Speed
General information
Type Light-sport aircraft
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Australian Lightwing
StatusIn production
History
Variant Australian Lightwing SP-4000 Speed

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. [1] [2]

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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. [1] [2]

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. [1] [2]

The SP-2000 has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft as the Outback 2. [1] [2] [3]

Specifications (SP-2000 Speed)

Data from Bayerl [1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 29. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 4 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 31. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN   1368-485X
  3. Federal Aviation Administration (10 September 2014). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Archived from the original on 16 May 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.