Avama Stylus
| Stylus | |
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| Role | Light-sport aircraft |
| National origin | Slovakia |
| Manufacturer | Avama |
| Introduction | 2010 |
| Status | In production |
| Produced | 2000-present |
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The Avama Stylus is a Slovakian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Avama and was introduced at the Aero show held in Friedrichshafen in 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-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]
The Stylus' fuselage is made from welded steel tubing while the wing structure is aluminum. The fuselage and flying surfaces are covered in a mix of preformed plastic and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.5 m (31.2 ft) span wing employs a dual spar design with V-struts and jury struts. The standard engine is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.[1]
Variants
Specifications (Stylus X3)
Data from Bayerl and Avama[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
- Gross weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 76 litres (17 imp gal; 20 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
- Cruising speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
- Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn)
- g limits: +4/-2