Developed from the Russian Khrunichev T-411 Aist, the T-411 Wolverine features a strut-braced high-wing, a five-seat enclosed cabin with doors, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
Like its Russian predecessor the T-411 Wolverine was designed for operations from unprepared surfaces.
The aircraft is made from a mix of steel and aluminum, covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 41.331NaN1 span wing is supported by "V" struts and jury struts and has a wing area of 258.9square feet. The cabin width is 45inches. The acceptable power range is 300to and the standard engines used are the 3600NaN0 Vedeneyev M14P radial engine, the 3500NaN0 Continental IO-550 and the 3500NaN0 Lycoming O-540 horizontally opposed powerplants. The aircraft includes provisions for floats and skis.
The T-411 Wolverine has a typical empty weight of 2425lb and a gross weight of 4190lb, giving a useful load of 1765lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is 1237lb.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 3600NaN0 engine is 3450NaN0 and the landing roll is 4000NaN0.
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1000 hours.
By 1998 the company reported that 10 kits had been sold and were completed and flying.
In May 2014 two examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of three had been registered at one time.[2]