Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat

what is it?

The Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat is a Ukrainian two-seat, high-wing, tricycle landing gear light-sport aircraft that was designed by Yuri Yakovlev and is manufactured by Aeroprakt. In the United States the A-22 is referred to as the Valor, while in the UK and Australia it is called the Foxbat. It has also been marketed as the Vision.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.1 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 1,100 kmwithout refuelling
• size 450 kgmax take-off weight
• built 1,600made in total

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 30 years ago, in 1996.
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.1 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,100 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1996

introduced

1999

status

in production

number built

1,600

role

sports light aircraft

origin

🇺🇦 Ukraine

makers

Aeroprakt

engines

1× Rotax 912ULS

length

6.3 m

wingspan

10.1 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

450 kg

top speed

170 km/h

cruise speed

160 km/h

range

1,100 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.