The Aerostar R40S Festival is a Romanian made ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Aerostar of Bacău. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12, page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16, page 20. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight, and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from aluminium sheet. Its span wing employs manually operated flaps. The standard engine is the Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, driving a three-bladed Woodcomp propeller.
Variants R40F Initial ultralight model R40FS Improved model R40S Base model with dial instruments R40S-GC Version for IFR flight, with a Dynon Skyview glass cockpit
Operators
Mozambique Air Force
Specifications (R40F/FS Festival)
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