Australian Lightwing GR 912

The Australian Lightwing GR 912 and Sport 2000 are a family of Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Australian Lightwing and introduced in 1986. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development
The aircraft series feature a strut-braced high-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 is made with a welded steel fuselage covered in a combination of fibreglass and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.50 m span wing is made with an aluminum frame and partially covered in aluminum sheet and doped fabric. Standard engines available are the 64 hp Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant and automotive conversions. The cockpit width is 106 cm.

Variants

 * GR 532
 * Initial version with Rotax 532 powerplant


 * GR 582
 * Version with Rotax 582 powerplant


 * GR 912
 * Tail wheel-equipped version


 * Sport 2000
 * Nose-wheel equipped version