The V-STOL Super Solution 2000 is an American

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homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Dick Turner and produced by V-STOL Aircraft Corporation of

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. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 280. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.

Design and development

Developed from the

V-STOL Solution The V-STOL Solution is an American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Dick Turner in 1998 and produced by V-STOL Aircraft. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide ...

, the Super Solution 2000 was developed for

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, recreational flying and crop dusting. It features a cable-braced parasol wing, a two-seats-in- tandem open cockpit without a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in

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. The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span wing uses a single surface high-lift

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, mounts flaps and has a wing area of . The cockpit width is . The acceptable power range is and the standard engine used is the

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two-stroke powerplant. Original factory options included a full cockpit enclosure and dual controls. The Super Solution 2000 has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is . The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is . The take-off speed while flying solo is. The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 100 hours.

Operational history

By 1998 the company reported that six kits had been sold and two aircraft were completed and flying. In March 2014 no examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although one had been registered at one time.

Specifications (Super Solution 2000)

References

{{V-STOL Aircraft Super Solution 2000 1990s United States sport aircraft 1990s United States ultralight aircraft 1990s United States civil utility aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Parasol-wing aircraft Homebuilt aircraft