The A/W 95 was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules, but if built lightly enough may qualify as an ultralight aircraft, under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, with that category's maximum empty weight restriction of 2540NaN0. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 2720NaN0.[1]
The A/W 95 features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, skid-type landing gear and can accept engines of 50to. The standard engine used is the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 500NaN0 Rotax 503 engine. The aircraft fuselage is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing. Its two-bladed main rotor has a diameter of 19.51NaN1. The aircraft has an empty weight of 2720NaN0 and a gross weight of 5000NaN0, giving a useful load of 2280NaN0. With full fuel of the payload for pilot and baggage is 1980NaN0.[1]
The manufacturer estimates the construction time as 250 hours.[1]
By 2005 the company reported that six aircraft were completed and flying.[1]
By January 2015 two examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of three had been registered at one time.[2]