Adam A500
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The Adam A500 is a six-seat civil utility aircraft currently in production. The aircraft is of pod-and-boom configuration with its two TCM TSIO-550 piston engines mounted to provide centerline thrust. It is the production version of the Burt Rutan-designed Adam M-309.
Compared to conventional twin-engine installations, the centerline thrust arrangement reduces drag and maximizes the controllability of the aircraft should one engine malfunction or fail. The A500 airframe is largely built of graphite composite materials. Other features include FADEC and cabin pressurization.
The prototype first flew on July 11 2002 and was FAA certified in early 2005.
The plane featured in the 2006 film Miami Vice.
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[edit] Specifications (A500)
Data from Adam Aircraft<ref>A500 Performance and Specifications. Adam Aircraft. Retrieved on 2006-09-23.</ref>
General characteristics<h3>
- Crew: one, pilot
- Capacity: five passengers
- Length: 36 ft 8 in (11.19 m)
- Wingspan: 44 ft (13.41 m)
- Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
- Wing area: 170 ft² (15.79 m²)
- Empty weight: 5,160 lb (2,340 kg)
- Useful load: 1,890 lb (857 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 7,000 lb (3,175 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Teledyne Continental TSIO-550E piston engines, 350 hp (261 kW) each
<h3>Performance<h3>
- Maximum speed: 250 knots (288 mph, 461 km/h) at 22,000 ft (6,705 m)
- Cruise speed: 230 knots (265 mph, 425 km/h) at 22,000 ft (6,705 m)
- Stall speed: 75 knots (mph, km/h)
- Range: 1,150 nm (1,323 mi, 2,130 km)
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,622 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,368 ft/min (415 m/min)
- Wing loading: 37 lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 9 hp/lb (W/kg)
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Related development<h3> Adam M-309 - Adam A700
<h3>Comparable aircraft<h3> Cessna Skymaster <h3>Designation sequence<h3>
- A500 - A700
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