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- 1. Aero Design Pulsar XP912 Private, STA Stauning, Denmark PP1183053997: Peter Bakema· GFDL 1.2
what is it?
The Aero Designs Pulsar is an American two-seat, low wing, ultralight and homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Mark Brown and first produced by Aero Designs of San Antonio, Texas, introduced in 1985. When it was available the Pulsar was supplied as a ready-to-fly aircraft and as a kitplane for amateur construction. The aircraft was later produced by Skystar Aircraft of Nampa, Idaho and then by Pulsar Aircraft of El Monte, California.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.6 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 41 years ago, in 1985.
- Top speed is 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1985
- introduced
- 1985
- number built
- 229
- role
- ultralight aircraft/homebuilt aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Aero Designs
- engines
- 1× Rotax 914
- length
- 6.1 m
- wingspan
- 7.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 544 kg
- top speed
- 306 km/h
- cruise speed
- 290 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,182 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16983814, Wikipedia: Aero Designs Pulsar (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.