The Australian Lightwing GR 912 and Sport 2000 are a family of Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing and introduced in 1986. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 31. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The aircraft series feature a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made with a welded steel fuselage covered in a combination of fibreglass and doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing is made with an aluminum frame and partially covered in aluminum sheet and doped fabric. Standard engines available are the Rotax 582 two-stroke, the Rotax 912UL, the Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant and automotive conversions. The cockpit width is .
Variants
GR 532 Initial version with Rotax 532 powerplant GR 582 Version with Rotax 582 powerplant GR 912 Tail wheel-equipped version Sport 2000 Nose-wheel equipped version
Specifications (GR 912)
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