Talk:Adam A500

Merge proposal
The A-309 was the prototype for the A500, and was a one-off design. Such aircraft are almost always handled in the production aircraft's article, and since these are both stubs, it seems appropriate to me to do this here. Akradecki 03:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Agree.

Done. Akradecki 06:32, 6 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Having worked on both programs, I'd suggest they be split up. The two aircraft, although of similar configuration, share no more similarities than either of them do with the Cessna 337.  The aircraft are completely different sizes, different fuselage shape/size, different airfoils, different wing planform, drastically different tail size/shape, different flap configuration, different cabin door size/shape/location, etc., etc.  Finally, the aircraft were designed by completely different companies, one Scaled Composites, the other Adam Aircraft.  The M309 was a conceptual design - which proved the value of centerline thrust handling qualities and improved performance with composite construction, but in the end required a clean sheet design to get the shapes that turned into the A500.  The two designs should be linked, and referenced (like they used to be) but different pages. Dennisolcott (talk) 03:50, 2 February 2010 (UTC)


 * It could be done either way. I think the key thing would be whether there are enough text and refs available on the A-309 to make a reasonable article - there isn't much currently in this article to split it off. - Ahunt (talk) 13:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Turboprop
Any talk of a turpboprop version of the A500? I'm sorta surprised they jumped that step to go straight to the jet-powered A700, but is that version supposed to be about the same price of a turboprop version, but with faster performance? - BillCJ 19:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Performance Specifications
In the performance specifications section there is a statement: Power/mass: 9 hp/lb (W/kg) This seems a bit high, and compared to the numbers could believe 9 lb/hp. However, as I am not familar with the conventions of reporting specs on aircraft (i.e. lb/hp or hp/lb as well as which weight to use) I am going to remove the statement and let the power and weight specs. stand on their own merit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdentremont (talk)

Thats probably the best thing to do. THese specs tend to be magnets wehre people add every single parameter they can find or produce. The specs are actually only intended to be an overview of basic parameters, and not an exhaustive one. Good call! = BillCJ (talk) 07:20, 12 June 2008 (UTC)


 * The numbers are easy to calculate and are part of the basic specs of the aircraft and the template. I have restored the template and provided the numbers. - Ahunt (talk) 12:23, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Planform image
I think an image of the planform would be especially useful for this plane. You have to look closely at the image that are there to see where the booms are atached to the rest of the plane. That could be seen clearly in a planform image.--ospalh (talk) 14:25, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

A-309 image in external links
I'm not sure what the aircraft is that is shown, (Is it a B-52?) but it isn't the Adam A309 - of that I'm certain. Can it be removed or replaced? Regards, Lynbarn (talk) 14:57, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't know if it ever was in that link, but it isn't now! ✅. - Ahunt (talk) 18:16, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

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Number Built

 * 001 N500AX
 * 002 N501AX
 * 003 N502AX
 * 004 N504AX
 * 005 N522AA
 * 006 N558MC
 * 007 N507AX
 * 008 N896MH
 * 009 N509AX
 * 010 N510AX
 * 011 N511AX
 * 012 N607SF
 * The article says seven were built but the serials numbers go as high as 12 ? MilborneOne (talk) 19:50, 31 October 2016 (UTC)
 * The number seven in the article is not sourced, although the number of five in private service is. Is is possible that 12 were built but that the balance are not in service and were prototypes or test articles, etc? - Ahunt (talk) 21:01, 31 October 2016 (UTC)

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