EOS

EOS

Plane & Pilot

Monday, June 01, 2009 at 12:00 AM ET

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Edited By: Omar Filipović

Key Takeaways:

The EOS SFA is a high-performance, single-seater aircraft with retractable landing gear, balancing maximum design efficiency with minimum construction complexity using lightweight alloy and fiberglass.
Powered by a 55-hp Volkswagen engine, it achieves a top cruise speed of 200 mph and an impressive range of 1,000 nautical miles.
Construction involves pop-riveted and epoxy-bonded lightweight alloy with a fiberglass engine cowling, specifically designed to avoid compound forming.
It features manually retractable tricycle landing gear with a castering nose gear, steered via rudder and differential braking.

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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,000. Empty wt. 670. Fuel capacity 15. Wingspan 26′. Length 16’8″. Engine 55-hp Volkswagen.
PERFORMANCE: Top cruise 200 mph. Stall mph 55. Climb rate 1,100. Takeoff run 500′. Landing roll 800. Range 1,000 nm.

The EOS SFA is a single-seater with retractable gear and a tractor-thrust configuration. The fuselage is built from lightweight alloy pop-riveted and epoxy-resin bonded with a fiberglass engine cowling. It is not intended to be the simplest aircraft to build but rather to provide a mix between maximum design efficiency and minimum construction complexity. No compound forming is necessary. There’s a castering nose gear, and the tricycle landing gear are manually retracted. Steering is via rudder and differential braking. The 1,834cc VW drives a 50-inch diameter ground-adjustable wooden propeller with three blades.