Stolp SA-500 Starlet

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SA-500 Starlet
Stolp SA-500 Starlet.jpg
Role Amateur-built aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Aircraft Spruce & Specialty
DesignerLou Stolp
StatusPlans available (2025)
Number built35 (1998) [1]
Variants White WW-1 Der Jäger D.IX

The Stolp SA-500 Starlet is an American amateur-built aircraft. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty of Corona, California. [2] [3]

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Design and development

The Starlet features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. [2] [3]

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing, while the wing is made from wood and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 25 ft (7.6 m) span wing employs a Clark YH airfoil, has an area of 83 sq ft (7.7 m2). The recommended installed power is 65 to 125 hp (48 to 93 kW), and engines used include the 65 hp (48 kW) Volkswagen air-cooled engine, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, 100 hp (75 kW) Subaru EA-81, Suzuki and small Continental Motors, Inc. powerplants. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The construction time is estimated to be 1400 hours. [5]

Operational history

STOLP SA-500 Starlet G-CLNP parked on the grass at Dunkeswell Aerodrome STOLP SA-500 Starlet parked on the grass at Dunkeswell Aerodrome.jpg
STOLP SA-500 Starlet G-CLNP parked on the grass at Dunkeswell Aerodrome

By 1998, the company reported that 35 aircraft were completed and flying. [1]

Variants

Specifications (SA-500 Starlet)

Data from Bayerl and Aircraft Spruce & Specialty [2] [5]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 263. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN   0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 121. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. 1 2 3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 128. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN   1368-485X
  4. ↑ Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 Aircraft Spruce & Specialty (2012). "Starlet SA500" . Retrieved October 21, 2012.
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