Sonex Aircraft Sonex
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| Type | amateur-built airplane |
| Manufacturer | Sonex Aircraft |
| Primary user | private owners |
| Number built | 200 |
| Unit cost | USD$20,000 - 26,0000[1] |
The Sonex is a lightweight, metal, low-wing homebuilt aircraft that seats two. Kits are produced and marketed by Sonex Aircraft, a small manufacturer based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Designed to meet the needs of European and American sport aircraft markets, the Sonex can accept various lightweight – less than 200 lb ( kg) – engines of between 80 and 120 hp. Due to the aircraft's light weight, it fits the requirements for the new light-sport aircraft regulations.
[edit] Development
The Sonex plans contain several construction options, including conventional or tricycle landing gear, as well as a center or dual stick. Motor mount drawings are supplied for all three recommended powerplants: the 2180cc Volkswagen, 2200 Jabiru, and 3300 Jabiru. High performance is achieved through a clean aerodynamic shape and simple, light weight construction.
The Sonex can be built from scratch using factory supplied drawings or may be assembled in approximately 800 to 1,000 hours using the precut complete airframe kit. A complete kit based Sonex can be constructed for as little as USD$20,000.[1]
The aviation website Aero-News.Net named the Sonex the Plane Of The Year - E-LSA Kit Category for 2006.[2]
[edit] Specifications (with 120 hp Jabiru engine)
Data from manufacturer’s website[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 17 ft 7 in (5.4m)
- Wingspan: 22 ft 0 in (6.7m)
- Height: < 6ft. (<1.8m)
- Wing area: 98 ft² (9.1m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 64-415
- Empty weight: 620 lb (281.2kg)
- Useful load: 530 lb (240.4kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1150 lb (521.6kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Jabiru 3300, 120 hp (89.5kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 197 mph (317 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 150 to 170 mph (241.4 to 173.6km/h) true at 8,000 ft
- Stall speed: 40 mph (64 km/h)
- Range: 400 to 550 mi (643.7 to 885.1km)
- Service ceiling 16,000 ft (4876.8m)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 to 2,000 ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 9.58 lb/hp (kg/kW)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its metric specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.[edit] References
- ^ a b Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, page 72, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.
- ^ Aero-News Network (January 2007). Final: ANN Names the 2006 Plane Of The Year--E-LSA Kit Category. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Sonex. Sonex Aircraft. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
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