Light Wing AC4
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| Role | Ultralight aircraft and Light-sport aircraft
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| National origin | Switzerland |
| Manufacturer | Light Wing AG |
| Designer | Hans Gygax |
| Introduction | 2013 |
| Status | In production (2019) |
The Light Wing AC4 is a
ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed by Hans Gygax and produced by Light Wing AG 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
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
The AC4 can accommodate one pilot and one passenger and was also designed for
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 × 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
- ^ 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.