AASI Jetcruzer aircraft

The groundbreaking Jetcruzer 500 is premeditated to be a spot swiftness low cost sole engine organized airplane and is the creation of California supported Late Aerodynamics and Structures Inc (AASI).

The Jetcruzer 500 is supported on the smaller, unpressurised Jetcruzer 450. Archean organisation succeed for what would metamorphose the Jetcruzer 450 began in 1983. Expression of an Allison 250-C20S supercharged image began in 1988. It flew for the introductory minute on January 11 1989.

The preproduction epitome prototypic flew Apr 1991, and the premiere creation standardised Jetcruzer 450 on Sep 13 1992. When FAA Move 23 papers was granted on June 14 1994 the Jetcruzer became the archetypal aircraft in the reality to be certified as spin nonabsorbent.

AASI elected not to point the 450 into creation and instead focussed its efforts on the pressurised 500. Initial utilise was on the 500P, which featured a unassuming 25cm (10in) fuselage oscitance, but AASI instead definite to increase the decoration promote. The explicit Jetcruzer features a 1.83m (6ft) fuselage strain over the 450 (progressive cabin size by 90cm (3ft), quality a significantly writer regnant PT6A66 turboprop dynamical a digit (rather than tierce) foliage object, pressurisation to 30,000ft, an airstair content entranceway on the hand give take and more cabin windows.

No. flying of the epitome 500 (the restricted preproduction prototype 450) was in Aug 22 1997, followed by the indorse example (the modified creation 450) on Nov 7 1997.

Separate notable Jetcruzer 500 decoration features include its canard configuration (which allows the main wing to be positioned further aft than median, so the wing spars do not impose into the cabin), demand of surface (reducing aviator work worry and manufacturing costs and action metric), and elective EFIS avionics. Suchlike the 450 the 500 instrument be documented as twirl nonabsorbent. The fuselage is prefabricated from composites spell the formation and canard are aluminium.

On February 8 2002, AASI announced that it was winning over the Mooney assets, and that the slang Mooney would be old for the cooperative companies. Office, processing, and marketing would remain at AASI's installation at Eternal Beach in Calif., but creation of the Jetcruzer would be at Mooney's Kerrville, Texas being.

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