Just Escapade
Escapade | |
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Just Highlander | |
Role | Two seat ultralight aircraft
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National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Just Aircraft LLC
Reality Aircraft Ltd |
First flight | 22 February 2003 |
Number built | 230 kits, all variants, by mid-2010 |
Variants | Lanitz Escapade Two Just Superstol |
The Just Escapade is a single-engine,
Design and development
The Escapade design can be traced back to that of the
The Escapade has a
The seating is under the leading edge of the wing with a cabin roof window in the wing center section. Access is through side transparencies. Engine options include several
The Highlander version, intended for rough airstrips and marketed only in the United States, is designed to fly slowly and has a more robust undercarriage. Its wing has a 3 ft (910 mm) greater span, with
The Jabiru-engined United Kingdom prototype Escapade gained its permit to fly in September 2003 and the SLA prototype received British Civil Aircraft Rules section S approval from the Light Aircraft Association in April 2008. The Highlander was introduced in 2004.[2]
Operational history
The Escapade made its first public appearance in the United States at the
In early 2012 there were 34 Escapades on the United Kingdom register.[4] One ex-United Kingdom aircraft had by 2010 moved to the Irish Republic register.[5]
As of January 2019 there are four Highlanders registered in New Zealand.[6]
Variants
- Escapade
- Standard version, with range of engines, including the 100 hp (75 kW) turbocharged Rotax 914, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200 and the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 powerplants.,[7]choice of undercarriage; kits sold in both the United States and United Kingdom; 65 flown by 2010.
- Escapade Two
- Version built by Escapade Aircraft of Salisbury, United Kingdom. The original Escapade model was renamed Escapade Two from 2011 to differentiate it from the single-seat version.[8]
- Highlander
- Larger wing, with anti-stall devices; larger fin and elevators; balanced tail control surfaces; strengthened conventional undercarriage. Engines are the 100 hp (75 kW) turbocharged Rotax 914, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200 and the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 powerplants.[7] Kits sold in the United States only.[8]80 flown by 2010.
- Just Superstol
- Development of the Highlander with leading edge slats and robust landing gear.[9]
Specifications (Escapade, Rotax UL)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2011/12[2]
General characteristics
- Capacity: two
- Length: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m) excluding propeller. Wings folded 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
- Wingspan: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
- Width: 7 ft 11.5 in (2.426 m) wings folded
- Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) with tailwheel undercarriage
- Wing area: 108.0 sq ft (10.03 m2)
- Empty weight: 562 lb (255 kg) UK; US, 615 lb (279 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 992 lb (450 kg) UK; US, 1,320 lb (598 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 68 L (18.0 US gal; 15.0 Imp gal) standard
- Powerplant: 1 × flat four
- Propellers: 2-bladed Powerfin
Performance
- Cruise speed: 92 mph (150 km/h, 80 kn) ;as all performance data, at maximum US take-off weight
- Stall speed: 26 mph (43 km/h, 23 kn) power off, flaps down
- Never exceed speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)
- g limits: +4/-2
- Take-off run: 300 ft (92 m)
- Landing run: 300 ft (92 m)
Notes
- ^ Despite the similar name, the Escapade Kid is not a direct relative of the Escapade Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2012-13, p.590
References
- ^ "Escapade lineage". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7106-2955-5.
- ^ "BMAA on Escapade". Archived from the original on 19 August 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ^ "CAA - Escapade registrations". Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-85130-425-0.
- ^ "NZ CAA - Aircraft Registrations". Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 46 and 62. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: "Just Aircraft Superstol", Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 26. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851