Just Superstol

SuperSTOL
SuperSTOL prototype at AirVenture 2012
Role Amateur-built aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Just Aircraft
Introduction 2012
Status In production (2015)
Unit cost
US$39,800 (kit only, less engine and propeller, 2015)
US$75,000 (all parts, 2014)[1]
Developed from Just Highlander
SuperSTOL
Just SuperSTOL showing the large tundra tires fitted

The Just SuperSTOL is an American STOL amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Just Aircraft of Walhalla, South Carolina. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[2][3]

Design and development

The Superstol is a development of the Just Highlander and differs by the addition of automatic leading edge slats, a long stroke air shock robust landing gear with 29 in (74 cm) tundra tires, Fowler flaps and a newly designed tailplane. The resulting design features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit accessed by doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[2] It is designed for operation on rough airfields.[1][4]

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing, while the wing uses an aluminum spar and aluminum ribs, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. The wings are supported by "V" struts with jury struts and can be folded for ground transportation or storage without the need for disconnecting fuel lines or control connections. Standard engines available include the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS or Rotax 912iS, the 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200, the 120 hp (89 kW) Jabiru 3300 and the 80 hp (60 kW) Volkswagen air-cooled engine, four-stroke powerplants. The aircraft can take-off and land in under 150 ft (46 m)[2][4][5]

Variants

SuperSTOL
Powered by a Rotax 912 or Rotax 914[4][6]
SuperSTOL XL
Just Aircraft introduced the Stretch XL, a stretched version in 2015. It can accommodate engines such as the 180 hp UL Power 520 at 255 pounds and the 160 hp Lycoming O-320 at 315 pounds.[4][7]

Specifications (SuperSTOL)

Data from Kitplanes,[2] Just Aircraft[3][5] and Flying (magazine)[1][8]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m)
  • Wingspan: 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
  • Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
  • Wing area: 132 sq ft (12.3 m2)
  • Empty weight: 750 lb (340 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 24 U.S. gallons (91 L; 20 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Catto, 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) diameter
  • Cruise speed: 100 mph; 161 km/h (87 kn)
  • Stall speed: 32–37 mph; 52–59 km/h (28–32 kn)
  • Never exceed speed: 120 mph; 193 km/h (104 kn)
  • Range: 449 mi; 722 km (390 nmi)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pope, Stephen (27 May 2014). "We Fly: Just Aircraft SuperSTOL". Flying. Retrieved 29 March 2015. Page 2 Page 3
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: Just Aircraft:Superstol, Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 26. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. 1 2 Just Aircraft (6 September 2012). "Press Release – Just Aircraft New "Superstol"". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 112. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. 1 2 Just Aircraft (n.d.). "Superstol Pricing". Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Just Aircraft SuperSTOL now comes in XL". Sport Aviation: 12. May 2015.
  7. ↑ Pope, Stephen (26 March 2015). "Just Aircraft Launches Stretched SuperSTOL". Flying. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Specifications table
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