Sport Jet II
Sport-Jet Limited · United States · first flew 2006 · light aircraft
The Sport Jet II was an American amateur-built single-engined jet aircraft with a four-seat pressurised cabin.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, tapered |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × turbofan, fuselage-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Single jet engine in the aft fuselage fed by an intake on each side of the fuselage |
| T — Tail | T-tail |
WEFT is AircraftIQ's four-point recognition method — how it works.
Spot it by:
- Cantilever mid-wing with a T-tail
- Single jet engine in the aft fuselage fed by an intake on each side of the fuselage
- Composite fuselage with an aluminium wing
It has retractable tricycle landing gear and a four-seat enclosed cabin, with a NACA 64-415 aerofoil on the wing.
Specifications
- The Sport Jet II has a length of 9.14 m (30 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 10.36 m (34 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 778 km/h (483 mph).
- Typical crew: 1.
Figures are for the representative variant described above; marks differ. See how AircraftIQ sources figures.
History
It was designed by Robert Bornhofen, who licensed the design to Excel Jet, and was meant to be supplied as a kit. The prototype first flew on 12 May 2006 and used a 2,200 lb thrust turbofan.
Variants
The standard recommended engine was the Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D. A Williams FJ33 was used while it was under development by Excel Jet.
Where you'll see it
Only one was built. It was destroyed on take-off at Colorado Springs on 22 June 2006 after 23.8 hours of flying, and the project appears to have been cancelled.
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