Avama Stylus

The Avama Stylus is a Slovak light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Avama of Poprad and introduced at AERO Friedrichshafen in 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.^[1][2]

Stylus
Role	Light-sport aircraft
National origin	Slovakia
Manufacturer	Avama
Introduction	2010
Status	In production
Produced	2010-present

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules as a joint venture with SK Model. It features a strut-braced high-wing a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.^[1][2]

The Stylus' fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, while the wing structure is aluminum. The fuselage and flying surfaces are covered in preformed plastic and doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.5 m (31.2 ft) span wing employs a dual spar design with V-struts and jury struts. The standard engine is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.^[1][2]

Variants

Stylus X2

Tailwheel version^[1][2]

Stylus X3

Nose wheel version^[1][2]

Specifications (Stylus X3)

Data from Bayerl and Avama^[1][3]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
• Gross weight: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 76 litres (17 imp gal; 20 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
• Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
• Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph, 33 kn)
• g limits: +4/-2