Australian Lightwing GR 912 explained

The Australian Lightwing GR 912 and Sport 2000 are a family of Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing and introduced in 1986. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1] [2]

Design and development

The aircraft series feature 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.[2]

The aircraft is made with a welded steel fuselage covered in a combination of fibreglass and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.51NaN1 span wing is made with an aluminum frame and partially covered in aluminum sheet and doped fabric. Standard engines available are the 640NaN0 Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 800NaN0 Rotax 912UL, the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant and automotive conversions. The cockpit width is 1060NaN0.[2]

Variants

GR 532
  • Initial version with Rotax 532 powerplant
    GR 582
  • Version with Rotax 582 powerplant
    GR 912
  • Tail wheel-equipped version
    Sport 2000
  • Nose-wheel equipped version

    References

    Notes and References

    1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
    2. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 31. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

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