AASI Jetcruzer 500 P
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| Type: | Business jet |
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| First flight: |
August 22, 1997 |
| Number of pieces: |
2 prototypes |
The AASI Jetcruzer 500 is an aircraft from the American manufacturer AASI from Long Beach, California. It is a six-seat, single-engine business jet . The designs as a duck plane and the pusher propeller are special features . The rudders are at the ends of the wing . Thanks to the wing located far back, there are no disruptive spars running through the passenger cabin. There is a stabilizing fin under the rear of the machine. The machine has a pressurized cabin . The nose wheel landing gear is retractable. The fuselage is made of composite material, the wings of aluminum .
The construction of the machine is based on the AASI Jetcruzer 450 . The first prototype was a Jetcruzer 450 lengthened by 25 cm. The first flight of this type took place on August 22, 1997. Compared to the original type, a significantly increased propulsion power guarantees appealing flight performance. Due to the design of the duck plane, landing flaps can be dispensed with. Like the Jetcruzer 450, the Jetcruzer 500 is considered spin-proof .
Another Jetcruzer 450 was converted for flight tests and a new Jetcruzer 500 was manufactured. Despite alleged orders for a total of 197 machines, series production was not started. The unit price for the base model should be US $ 1,495,000 (2001).
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| length | 9.20 m |
| span | 12.86 m |
| Span of duck wings | 5.77 m |
| height | 2.13 m |
| Wing area | 17.8 m² |
| Wing extension | |
| Wing surface duck wings | 1.8 m² |
| payload | |
| Empty mass | 1397 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 2495 kg |
| Cruising speed | |
| Top speed | 593 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 9144 m |
| initial climb performance | 17.8 m / s |
| Range | 3013 km |
| Engines | 1 × Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-66A propeller turbine , 1200 kW (1572 PS), 5-blade Hartzell propeller |
