| SA-500 Starlet | |
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| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Aircraft Spruce & Specialty |
| Designer | Lou Stolp |
| Status | Plans available (2015) |
| Number built | 35 (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]
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]
By 1998, the company reported that 35 aircraft were completed and flying. [1]
Data from Bayerl and Aircraft Spruce & Specialty [2] [5]
General characteristics
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