Aerostar R40S Festival

what is it?

The Aerostar R40S Festival is a Romanian made ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Aerostar of Bacău. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 9.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 175 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 535 kgmax take-off weight

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 25 years ago, in 2001.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.2 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

2001

status

in production

number built

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role

ultralight aircraft and light-sport aircraft

origin

🇷🇴 Romania

makers

Aerostar

engines

1× Rotax 912ULS

length

6.7 m

wingspan

9.2 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

535 kg

top speed

175 km/h

cruise speed

150 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

4,000 m

wings

low wing

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