The Pro-Composites Vision is an American
amateur-built aircraft, designed by Steve Rahm and produced by
Pro-Composites
Pro-Composites, Inc is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The company is owned by Scott VanderVeen and specializes in the design and manufacture of aircraft design plans, parts and kits for amateur construction ...
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Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, with some pre-formed parts made available to speed construction.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 116. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ][Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 121. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The design was originally marketed by
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Daytona Beach
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[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 115. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ]
Design and development
The Vision features a cantilever
low wing, a two-seats-in-
side-by-side configuration cockpit under a
bubble canopy, fixed
conventional landing gear or optional
tricycle gear with
wheel pants and a single engine in
tractor configuration.
The Vision SP model is made from pre-formed flat
fiberglass and foam composite panels which are then radius bent to shape. Its span wing employs a
NACA 63A-415 airfoil
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at the
wing root, transitioning to a NACA 63A-412 airfoil at the
wing tip. The wing has an area of , with the cockpit up to in width. The tricycle landing gear version features a fully castering nosewheel and differential braking for steering. The aircraft can accept engines of and the
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Lycoming O-235 and
Lycoming O-320 have been used.
The manufacturer markets the design as "the only all composite, plans built, 2 seat sport aircraft that uses a conventional - non canard - platform."
Variants
;Vision SP
:Model with a short wing of span, an area of and an
aspect ratio of 5.5:1.
;Vision EX
:Model with a longer wing of span, an area of and an aspect ratio of 6.6:1, optimized for higher altitude flying, carrying heavier loads and operation by less experienced pilots.
Specifications (Vision SP)
References
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1990s United States sport aircraft