Amax Vixen 105

The Amax Vixen 105 is an Australian homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Amax Engineering of Donvale, Victoria. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Vixen 105 features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cabin with doors, fixed tricycle landing gear or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from composites. Its 28.50 ft span wing has optional flaps and a wing area of 128.00 sqft. The standard engine used is the 105 hp Subaru EA81 automotive conversion powerplant.

Optional equipment when the kit was supplied by the factory included wing flaps, long range fuel tanks, wheel pants and sprung steel main landing gear.

The Vixen 105 has an empty weight of 500 lb and a gross weight of 1200 lb, giving a useful load of 700 lb. With full fuel of 16 u.s.gal the payload is 604 lb.

The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 300 hours.