Warner Sportster

Warner Sportster
Role Light-sport aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Warner Aerocraft
Designer Jesse Anglin
Status In production (2014)
Unit cost
US$99,900 (2012)

The Warner Sportster is an American light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Warner Aerocraft of Seminole, Florida. The aircraft is only supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

Design and development

The Sportster was derived from his earlier design, the Warner Spacewalker II by designer Jesse Anglin of Henderson, North Carolina to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat or a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit which can be optionally enclosed under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with its wooden wings covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 28.5 ft (8.7 m) span wing has an area of 112.1 sq ft (10.41 m2). The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplant. The 125 to 140 hp (93 to 104 kW) Lycoming O-290 has also been used.[1][3]

As of 10 September 2014, the design does not appear on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.[4]

Specifications (Sportster two-seater)

Data from Bayerl and Warner Aerocraft[1][5]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 84. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Levi, Howard (1 June 2000). "Warner's Winner.(Sportster)". KitPlanes. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  3. Federal Aviation Administration (12 September 2012). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  4. Federal Aviation Administration (10 September 2014). "SLSA Make/Model Directory". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. Warner Aerocraft. "Specifications". Warnerair.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

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