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SportCruiser: Competent and Affordable S-LSA
Docile handling and affordable all-metal two-seater
Czech Aircraft Works has just announced the certification of its
third S-LSA design in six months. The new SportCruiser is
“designed to be eminently flyable, enjoyable, and particularly
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Hot on the heels of its all-new Mermaid amphibian and Parrot sportplane, Sport Aircraft Works (Palm
City, FL) announces its newest offering, SportCruiser, Here
is the first example of our updated production SportCruiser. We
have been frantically working to achieve the best possible
appearance and flight characteristics. As you can see we have
beautiful composite canopy structure, more comfortable seating
arrangements with huge cabin width and increased leg room with
adjustable rudder pedals only to mention a few.
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Competence and
Convenience:
The pilot can
be ready to fly in short order, and the airplane definitely is.
Sporting fantastic visibility, the all-metal, low-wing, 100hp
SportCruiser is ready to take a large payload a long way, on
just a little money. Burning
around 4~4.5 gallons of auto gas per hour, the SportCruiser
won’t break the budget; and with its American-designed,
all-metal traditional construction and US-sourced materials and
airframe components, keeping it flying (and insured!) will be
trouble-free. All three SAW aircraft are designed to be easy to
fly, with touchdown speeds in the high 20-knot range.
Sport
Aircraft Works, importer and distributor of the Czech Aircraft
Works designs, completed all the certification work on time. “We
said in January’s announcement that we would be certified in
March, and we did it,” a happy Defelici said. “It helped that we
have such great support from CZAW, and that we’re learning what
it takes to certify. The FAA has been great in getting this
done.”
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SPORTCRUISER |
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PERFORMANCE |
SPORTCRUISER LSA |
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ROTAX
912ULS 100HP |
US STANDARD |
METRIC UNITS |
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Takeoff (Grass) |
350 |
Feet |
105 |
Meters |
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Takeoff (50' object) (Grass) |
700 |
Feet |
210 |
Meters |
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Climb Rate |
1200 |
Fpm |
6 |
M/s |
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Stall Speed with Flaps |
30 |
Mph |
55 |
Km/hr |
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Stall Speed w/o Flaps |
33 |
Mph |
61 |
Km/hr |
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Cruise Speed (75% Power)
(True airspeed) |
132 |
Mph |
201 |
Km/hr |
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Never Exceed Speed (Vne) |
160 |
Mph |
258 |
Km/hr |
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Range (75% Power, no reserve) |
550 |
Sm |
886 |
Km |
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Endurance (no reserve) |
5 |
Hours |
5 |
Hours |
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Landing Ground Roll (Grass) |
400 |
Feet |
120 |
Meters |
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Figures with 100-hp Rotax at
a typical load; pilot and passenger + fuel & baggage = 600kg
or 1320 lbs. All figures subject to change without notice. |
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SPORTCRUISER |
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SPECIFICATIONS |
SPORTCRUISER LSA |
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US STANDARD |
METRIC UNIT |
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WING SPAN |
28.2 |
Ft |
8.5 |
m |
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LENGTH |
23.3 |
Ft |
7.0 |
m |
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WING AREA |
131.3 |
Sq.Ft. |
11.8 |
m2 |
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WING LOADING |
10.0 |
Lb/sf |
49 |
kg/m2 |
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EMPTY WEIGHT W/ROTAX
912ULS 100HP |
675 |
Lbs |
307 |
kg |
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EMPTY WEIGHT W/JABIRU
3300 120HP |
720 |
Lbs |
327 |
kg |
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GROSS WEIGHT |
1320 |
Lbs |
600 |
kg |
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USEFUL LOAD -
ROTAX |
645 |
Lbs |
293 |
kg |
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USEFUL LOAD -
JABIRU |
600 |
Lbs |
273 |
kg |
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CABIN WIDTH |
48 |
Inches |
114 |
cm |
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FUEL CAPACITY |
2 x 15 |
Gal |
2 x 56 |
Liters |
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LUGGAGE SPACE |
10.6 |
cu. ft. |
300 |
dm3 |
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G Load Factor
(Ultimate) |
+6 -4 g |
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All figures subject to change
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