The Aerostar R40S Festival is a

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n made ultralight and

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, designed and produced by

Aerostar Aerostar S.A. is an aeronautical manufacturing company based in Bacău, Romania. History Since its establishment in 1953, the company's name has changed numerous times in turn from ''U.R.A.'' to ''I.R.Av'', ''I.Av''. and finally ''Aerostar''. ...

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. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12'', page 22. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16'', page 20. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the

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microlight, and US

rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-

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enclosed cockpit, fixed

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and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from

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sheet. Its span wing employs manually operated flaps. The standard engine is the Rotax 912ULS

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powerplant, driving a three-bladed Woodcomp propeller.

Variants

;R40F :Initial ultralight model ;R40FS :Improved model ;R40S :Base model with dial instruments ;R40S-GC :Version for

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flight, with a Dynon Skyview

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Operators

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Specifications (R40F/FS Festival)

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.aerostar.ro/aerostructuri-en.php 1990s Romanian ultralight aircraft Light-sport aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft