Light Wing AC4
AC4 | |
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Role | Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft |
National origin | Switzerland |
Manufacturer | |
Designer | Hans Gygax |
Introduction | 2013 |
Status | In production (2019) |
The Light Wing AC4 is a Swiss ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed by Hans Gygax and produced by of Stans. The aircraft was publicly introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2013. It is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1][2][3]
Design and development[]
The AC4 was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, with "V"-struts and jury struts, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]
The aircraft is made from a combination of composites and aluminum sheet, with its tailboom made from a single large diameter aluminium tube and the wings and tail surfaces covered in aluminium. Its 9.45 m (31.0 ft) span wing has an area of 16.65 m2 (179.2 sq ft), is supported by V-struts and mounts flaps. The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS or Rotax 912iS four-stroke powerplant.[1][2][4]
The AC4 can accommodate one pilot and one passenger and was also designed for aero-towing gliders. It can also accommodate a stretcher for Medevac missions. It received European European Aviation Safety Agency type certification to the Certification Specification for Light Sport Aeroplanes (CS-LSA) on 6 August 2015.[5][1][2]
Specifications (AC4 LSA)[]
Data from Bayerl, Tacke and manufacturer[1][2][4]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 7.04 m (23 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.67 m (8 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 16.65 m2 (179.2 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
- Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912iS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed composite
Performance
- Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
- Stall speed: 63 km/h (39 mph, 34 kn) flaps down
- Never exceed speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
- Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 32.7 kg/m2 (6.7 lb/sq ft)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 63. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b c d e Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 66. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Light Wing AG. "Company". lightwing.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b Light Wing AG. "Lightwing AC4". lightwing.ch. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ TYPE-CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET EASA.A.588 for LIGHTWING AC4 (PDF). EASA. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
External links[]
- 2000s Swiss ultralight aircraft
- Light-sport aircraft
- Single-engined tractor aircraft