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European microlight regulations, which required a maximum takeoff weight of 450 kilograms (990 lb) and stall speed of 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph; 35 kn). Jabiru achieved this by adding 1.372 metres (4 ft 6.0 in) to the SK's wingspan and
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The LSA is a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane of conventional design. The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side in a fully enclosed cabin. It is powered by a piston engine in the nose driving a tractor-mounted propeller. The LSA itself and most of its variants have fixed, tricycle
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Australia in the early 1980s and marketed in the early 1990s. Jabiru also sold many variants of the LSA design to meet with different Australian and international certification requirements, including complete, factory-built aircraft and kits for
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Tail-wheel version of the SP. The SP-T had its main undercarriage moved forward, and was equipped with a larger rudder and toe brakes for differential braking. The changed undercarriage improved the aircraft's ability to operate from rough
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company was founded, and the first of two prototypes flew. CAO 101.55 certification was gained on 1 October 1991, and at the time, US primary sports plane and
Canadian TP 1014E certification was expected by 1995.
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Kit version of the LSA. Jabiru supplied everything except paint, upholstery, and radio. First flown 1995, and approvals for New
Zealand, South Korea, the UK, and the USA were obtained in 1996.
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discontinued production of this engine, leading Jabiru to start designing and manufacturing their own engines for their aircraft.
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237:Specifications (LSA, with Jabiru 1600 engine)
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570:. Bundaberg: Jabiru Aircraft. Archived from
657:"JABIRU AIRCRAFT PTY. LTD. ACN 010 910 077"
609:World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04
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588:"AVTECH PTY. LTD. ACN 010 786 973"
564:"Aircraft & Engines Australia"
288:7.90 m (85.0 sq ft)
276:8.03 m (26 ft 4 in)
270:5.00 m (16 ft 5 in)
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282:2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
725:"The Jabiru SP-T Quickbuild Kit"
502:Aircraft & Engines Australia
416:AVTECH PTY. LTD. ACN 010 786 973
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16:1990s Australian light aircraft
1022:Fixed conventional landing gear
807:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
637:"Introducing the Jabiru Family"
349:4.07 m/s (801 ft/min)
805:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1993).
773:"The Jabiru UL Quickbuild Kit"
701:"The Jabiru SP Quickbuild Kit"
677:"The Jabiru SK Quickbuild Kit"
607:Bertrand, Noel; Coulon, Rene.
520:The Jabiru SP-T Quickbuild Kit
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616:Eyre, David C. (8 May 2019).
529:Introducing the Jabiru Family
343:4,575 m (15,010 ft)
1027:Aircraft first flown in 1989
511:The Jabiru SP Quickbuild Kit
481:The Jabiru UL Quickbuild Kit
472:The Jabiru SK Quickbuild Kit
1017:Fixed tricycle landing gear
796:Jackson, Paul, ed. (1995).
38:A UK-registered Jabiru SK,
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1007:Conventional-tail aircraft
809:. London: Studio Editions.
223:North Queensland Aero Club
611:. Lancaster OK: Pagefast.
300:430 kg (948 lb)
294:235 kg (518 lb)
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249:General characteristics
231:Southern Skies Aviation
1012:Single-engine aircraft
219:Townsville Aero Club
93:amateur construction
857:Fixed wing aircraft
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107:Construction is of
1002:High-wing aircraft
783:on 20 October 2000
373:Taylor 1993, p.941
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594:. Melbourne: ASIC
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304:Powerplant:
264:1 passenger
193:Jabiru 3300
176:Jabiru 2200
115:Development
986:Categories
361:References
286:Wing area:
225:, and the
202:airfields.
88:Jabiru LSA
62:Australia
622:Aeropedia
463:Jabiru ST
454:Eyre 2019
274:Wingspan:
262:Capacity:
258:one pilot
242:Data from
213:Operators
129:Rotax 582
147:Variants
865:Calypso
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268:Length:
181:Calypso
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681:Jabiru
647:1 July
641:Jabiru
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548:Jabiru
335:Range:
133:VH-LIP
99:Design
40:G-EWBC
356:Notes
256:Crew:
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