Pro-Composites Vision

The Pro-Composites Vision is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Steve Rahm and produced by Pro-Composites of Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, with some pre-formed parts made available to speed construction.

The design was originally marketed by American Affordable Aircraft of Daytona Beach.

Design and development
The Vision features a cantilever low wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear or optional tricycle gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The Vision SP model is made from pre-formed flat fiberglass and foam composite panels which are then radius bent to shape. Its 21.75 ft span wing employs a NACA 63A-415 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to a NACA 63A-412 airfoil at the wing tip. The wing has an area of 85 sqft, with the cockpit up to 46 in in width. The tricycle landing gear version features a fully castering nosewheel and differential braking for steering. The aircraft can accept engines of 100 to 160 hp and the 100 hp Subaru Stratus, 108 to 116 hp Lycoming O-235 and 150 to 160 hp Lycoming O-320 have been used.

The manufacturer markets the design as "the only all composite, plans built, 2 seat sport aircraft that uses a conventional - non canard - platform."

Variants

 * Vision SP
 * Model with a short wing of 21.75 ft span, an area of 85 sqft and an aspect ratio of 5.5:1.


 * Vision EX
 * Model with a longer wing of 25.5 ft span, an area of 96 sqft and an aspect ratio of 6.6:1, optimized for higher altitude flying, carrying heavier loads and operation by less experienced pilots.