Evektor SportStar

what is it?

The SportStar and EuroStar are a family of a two-seat, light sport aircraft (LSA), manufactured by Evektor-Aerotechnik of Czechia and powered by a Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower (75 kW) engine. The SportStar was the first special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and was named "S-LSA Aircraft of the Year" in 2011 by AeroNews Network. According to Flight International, the SportStar held the number-one seller spot in 2005, which the periodical attributed to its high range of options and overall affordability.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 213 km/htop speed
• range 1,300 kmwithout refuelling
• size 600 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🌍Range of 1,300 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

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status

in production

number built

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role

light sport aircraft

origin

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

makers

Evektor-Aerotechnik

engines

1× Rotax 912ULS

length

6 m

wingspan

8.7 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

600 kg

top speed

213 km/h

cruise speed

204 km/h

range

1,300 km

ceiling

4,720 m

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