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The World Aircraft Spirit is a Colombian/American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Max Tedesco and produced by World Aircraft Company. The aircraft was publicly introduced at AirVenture in 2011 and production is expected to commence in 2014. It is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.〔Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 76. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕 ==Design and development== The Spirit features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit that is wide, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.〔 The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet. Its span wing has an area of and mounts flaps. The wing is supported by "V" struts and jury struts. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is and standard engines used include the Rotax 912ULS, Continental O-200 and the Lycoming IO-233 four-stroke powerplants.〔〔 The aircraft has a design maximum gross weight of , but is restricted to if flown in the US light-sport aircraft category. The Spirit airframe is constructed in Colombia and then shipped to World Aircraft's facility at Henry County Airport in Paris, Tennessee for final assembly and paint. Kits shipped are fully assembled and then disassembled for customer delivery and may be shipped painted as well. Construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 110 hours.〔〔〔 As of October 2012, the design appears on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Aircraft Spirit」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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