what is it?
The Lancair IV and IV-P are a family of four-seat, low-wing, retractable-gear, composite monoplanes powered by a 550-cubic-inch (9,000 cm3) Continental TSIO-550 twin-turbocharged piston engine. Production of the aircraft kit was ended in 2012.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.8 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 36 years ago, in 1990.
- Top speed is 4.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.8 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
- 1990
- number built
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- role
- homebuilt aircraft
- engines
- 1× Continental TSIO-550
- length
- 7.6 m
- wingspan
- 10.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,610 kg
- top speed
- 550 km/h
- cruise speed
- 539 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1801764, Wikipedia: Lancair IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.