The Amax Sport 1700 is an Australian

homebuilt aircraft Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...

that was designed and produced by

Amax Engineering Amax Engineering was an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Donvale, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. When it was in business, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft for amateur construction. The company de ...

Donvale, Victoria Donvale is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. It is a leafy and peaceful suburb, with the side west of Springvale Road is des ...

. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 114. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

Design and development

The Sport 1700 features a

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, a two-seats-in-

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open cockpit with a windshield, fixed

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and a single engine in

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. The aircraft

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is made from welded

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tubing, while the wing is of wooden construction, with the whole aircraft covered in doped

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. Its span wing has a wing area of and are capable of folding for storage for ground transport. The acceptable power range is . The Sport 1700 has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is . The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 500 hours.

Specifications (Sport 1700)

References

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