AMF Chevvron 2-32

AMF Chevvron 2-32
Role Microlight trainer
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer AMF-Microflight
First flight 1983
Introduction 1987
Number built 41


The AMF Chevvron is a British two-seat microlight aircraft of the 1980s and 90s. It is a single engined mid-winged monoplane with side-by-side seating. 41 were built.

Design and development

The Chevvron was designed to meet a requirement for an aircraft conforming with the Civil Aviation Authority's regulations for microlight aircraft and fitted with conventional three-axis controls. The Chevvron is a mid-wing monoplane with a pod-and boom configuration and high aspect ratio wings. It is built of composite materials and is fitted with a fixed nosewheel undercarriage. The normal powerplant was a single König SD 570 two-stroke, four-cylinder air-cooled radial engine rated at 32 horsepower (24 kW) and driving a three-bladed propeller.[1][2]

The first prototype, fitted with a V-tail, made its maiden flight in late 1983. A modified second prototype, with a conventional tail flew in October 1986.[1][2]

Operational history

AMF Microflight began production of the Chevvron in 1987, with 19 completed at their Membury factory by 1990.[3] A single example was built of the Sea Chevvron, a floatplane version fitted with a more powerful (48 horsepower (36 kW)) König engine,[4] while examples were also fitted with a 45 horsepower (34 kW) Limbach engine. In total, 41 Chevvrons were built.[5] In the 1990s, as single-rotor wankel engine from the MidWest AE series was successfully fitted to a Chevvron.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91[3]

General characteristics

Performance

References

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  1. 1 2 Flight International 18 October 1985, p. 18.
  2. 1 2 Simpson Air Pictorial February 1988, p. 49.
  3. 1 2 Lambert 1990, p. 554.
  4. Flight International 3 October 1987, p. 15.
  5. Gunston 2005, p. 26.
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