Aéro Services Guépard Super Guépard

Super Guépard
Role Ultralight aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Aéro Services Guépard
Status In production (2016)
Unit cost
€48,120 (2015)

The Aéro Services Guépard Super Guépard SG 12 (English: Super Cheetah) is a French ultralight aircraft that was designed and produced by Aéro Services Guépard by of Villefranche-de-Rouergue. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever single-strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cabin with doors, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing with its wings made from aluminum sheet. Its 8.5 m (27.9 ft) span wing has an area of 12.75 m2 (137.2 sq ft) and flaps. The standard engine used is the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.[1]

Operational history

Reviewer Marino Boric described the design of the welded steel tube fuselage in a 2015 review as assuring "good protection for the crew".[1]

Specifications (Super Guépard SG 12)

Data from Tacke[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 12.75 m2 (137.2 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 274 kg (604 lb)
  • Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 60 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 198 km/h (123 mph; 107 kn)
  • Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 5.8 m/s (1,140 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 35.3 kg/m2 (7.2 lb/sq ft)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 14. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
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