The Australian Lightwing SP-2000 Speed is an Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing of Ballina, New South Wales. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 29. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 31. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Design and development The aircraft features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing covered in non-structural fibreglass. Its span wing is built from 6061-T6 aluminum covered in doped aircraft fabric and fibreglass. Standard engines available are the Rotax 912ULS or the Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplants. Cockpit access is via gull-winged doors on both sides. Wheel pants are usually fitted.
The SP-2000 has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft as the Outback 2.
Specifications (SP-2000 Speed)
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