Australian Aircraft Kits Wasp
# Australian Aircraft Kits Wasp

The Australian Aircraft Kits Wasp is an Australian ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Aircraft Kits. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

## Design and development

Designed for flight training and personal use, the Wasp features a strut-braced shoulder-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from aluminium all-metal construction. Its 8.9 m (29.2 ft) span wing is supported a single strut per side. The standard engine is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.

Construction from the factory kit takes 300 hours.

## Specifications (Wasp)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

* Crew: one
* Capacity: one passenger
* Wingspan: 8.9 m (29 ft 2 in)
* Wing area: 12.1 $m^2$ (130 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 320 kg (705 lb)
* Gross weight: 544 kg (1,199 lb)
* Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal)
* Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
* Cruise speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)
* Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
* Rate of climb: 5.5 m/s (1,080 ft/min)
* Wing loading: 44.95 $kg/m^2$ (9.21 lb/sq ft)
