Overview
The version Festival R40S is a low-wing metal aircraft, with two flight posts in side-by-side configuration, with landing gears with steerable nose gear, the aircraft being designed by Aerostar - Romania according to the ASTM American standards No. F 2339-04, Festival R40S fulfilling the requirements of the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) category.
Festival R40S is certified in 2005 in United States of America, by Federal Aviation Administration, as Light Sport Aircraft, class "Special - Light Sport Aircraft" (S-LSA). Festival R40S is worldwide operable where the national aviation authorities admit the "Light Sport Aircraft" rule.
OPERATIONS
- Basic flight training for flying schools (civil & military)
- Festival base aircraft is configured for VFR "daily" operation.
- Festival "Trainer" version is configured for VFR "day & night" operations.
- Festival "Sporter" version is configured for IFR operations.
- Individual & family leisure flying
- Festival offers an enjoyable flight, offering high flight stability in various summer & winter weather conditions. The comfortable cockpit offer a great panoramic visibility for its occupants.
- Recreational & tourism & observation flights
- Festival can be successfully used by the airclubs for the recreational flights of their members. The tourism companies can find Festival as very convenient aircraft for their needs.
- Glider towing
- Festival can be equipped with a towing system for gliders and banners.
- Operation on water
- Festival can be equipped with floats (two metal straight / hydraulic floats, CZAW made) for operation on water.
- Agricultural "crop spraying" operations
- Festival can be equipped with a crop-spraying installation (atomizers) for agricultural works, up to 265 lbs / 120 kg chemical substances being loaded into the composite tank located outside the cockpit.
BENEFITS
- Safety
- Festival is Light Sport certified aircraft, fulfilling in full the design requirements of ASTM standards (No. F 2339-04).
- Festival is manufactured by Aerostar - Romania in accordance with the ISO 9001 production certificate, the company having over 55 years experience in aircraft manufacturing, Aerostar - Romania is the producer of over 1800 YAK-52 basic & acrobatics trainers.
- Festival is a full metal aircraft, offering in any manner the recognized advantages of the metal airframes. The airframe construction uses "2024" & "6061" alloys, the best alluminium materials used in aviation constructions.
- Festival R40S is equipped with one Rotax 912 ULS engine (100 HP), one of the quality piston engine used worldwide in light sport aviation.
- The aircraft canopy is equipped with a roll-bar for the pilot's protection in case of an incident on ground. Festival can be equipped with a BRS parachute.
- Easy to fly with a superior flight stability
- Festival is a very forgiven aircraft in flight, letting to its pilots a very comfortable liberty during the flight maneuvers. Festival offers the major advantages as any other top-trainer aircraft.
- The bigger external aircraft dimensions, one of the biggest in the LSA class, offer a superior flight stability for Festival in various weather conditions (front & side strong winds), very pleasant for its pilots. Festival can fly when many LSA models are grounded by wind.
- Comfortability
- The Festival's canopy is 47.25" / 1,20m wide, one of the biggest in LSA class, offering an excellent comfort to both pilots. The canopy offers an excellent panoramic visibility for the aircraft occupants.
- The seats are adjustable (back & aft), accomodating various pilots inside of the canopy.
- A spacious baggage area is created behind the seats, the rotation of the seats letting an easy access in interior.
- The canopy is heated & ventilated, offering to the pilots the possibilities to fly comfortable in summer & winter operations.
- Durability
- Festival is a full metal aircraft, with a robust & rugged construction. The airframe is full anodized for creating a very good corrosion protection in a normal & saline environment as well in rain & sunny operations.
- The strong metal landing gear let Festival to operate with success on paved & unpaved runways. The steerable nose gear, equipped with rubber shock absorbers, absorb the runway shocks, making the grass strips a speciality for Festival.
- Easy maintainability
- Festival is designed & built in a conventional manner, offering an easier maintenance in every way. The aircraft is safe designed & built, simple, easy to be inspected and maintained. The maintenance personnel will be very pleased and comfortable with the aircraft's construction and systems.
- Costs affordability to buy & use
- Festival light sport brings on the worldwide sales market one of the most convenient price, offering to its owner a perfect combination between a smaller purchasing price and a lower direct operating cost.
- With a 1500 hours TBO and the use of automobile grade fuel, the ROTAX 4 stroke engine keep the maintenance & operation at an affordable level.
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SPECIFICATIONS
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#
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Imperial
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Metric
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Wing Span
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30.1 ft
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9,17 m
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Length
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22.1 ft
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6,74 m
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Height
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8.1 ft
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2,47 m
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Wing Area
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150 sq.ft
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13,97 mē
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Empty Weight
(VFR daily configuration)
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847 lbs
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385 kg
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MTOW Weight
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1320 lbs
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600 kg
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MTOW Weight
(with floats)
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1430 lbs
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650 kg
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Useful load
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473 lbs
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215 kg
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Fuel Capacity
(two tanks)
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21.2 gals
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80 l
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Cabin Width
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47.25 inch
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1,2 m
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PERFORMANCES
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#
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Imperial
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Metric
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Cruise Speed
(80% RPM)
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110 mph
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175 km/h
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Max.Horiz.Speed
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121 mph
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195 km/h
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Stall speed
(no flaps)
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44 mph
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70 km/h
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Stall speed
(with flaps)
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41 mph
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66 km/h
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VNE Speed
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150 mph
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240 km/h
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Climb Rate
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770 ft/min
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3,85 m/s
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Service Ceiling
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11,700 ft
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3500 m
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Flight Range
(10% reserve)
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470 miles
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750 km
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Endurance
(10% reserve)
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5,8 hours
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Front-wind Speed
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27 mph
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12 m/s
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Take-Off Distance
(on ground)
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427 ft
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128 m
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Landing Distance
(on ground)
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525 ft
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157 m
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Gliding Ratio
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12:1
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G limits
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+4 / -2 g
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G limits - ultimate
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+6 / -3 g
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# The performances are obtained with ROTAX 912 ULS engine (100 HP)
# All performances are valid at MTOW and are CAS obtained
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