Stylus
Role Light-sport aircraft
National origin Slovakia
Manufacturer Avama
Introduction 2010
Status In production
Produced 2010-present

The Avama Stylus is a Slovak light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Avama of Poprad and introduced at AERO Friedrichshafen in 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules as a joint venture with SK Model. It features 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.[1][2]

The Stylus' fuselage is made from welded steel tubing while the wing structure is aluminum. The fuselage and flying surfaces are covered in a mix of preformed plastic and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.5 m (31.2 ft) span wing employs a dual spar design with V-struts and jury struts. The standard engine is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.[1][2]

Variants

Stylus X2
Tailwheel version[1][2]
Stylus X3
Nose wheel version[1][2]

Specifications (Stylus X3)

Data from Bayerl and Avama[1][3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
  • Gross weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 76 litres (17 imp gal; 20 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
  • Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn)
  • g limits: +4/-2


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 30. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 32. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ↑ Avama (2011). "Our company production program". Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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