AMF Chevvron 2-32
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The AMF Chevvron is a British two-seat microlight aircraft of the 1980s and 90s. It is a single engined mid-winged monoplane with side-by-side seating. 41 were built.
Design and development
The Chevvron was designed to meet a requirement for an aircraft conforming with the Civil Aviation Authority's regulations for microlight aircraft and fitted with conventional three-axis controls. The Chevvron is a mid-wing monoplane with a pod-and boom configuration and high aspect ratio wings. It is built of composite materials and is fitted with a fixed nosewheel undercarriage. The normal powerplant was a single König SD 570 two-stroke, four-cylinder air-cooled radial engine rated at {{convert|32|hp|kW}} and driving a three-bladed propeller.Flight International 18 October 1985, p. 18.Simpson Air Pictorial February 1988, p. 49.
The first prototype, fitted with a V-tail, made its maiden flight in late 1983. A modified second prototype, with a conventional tail flew in October 1986.
Operational history
AMF Microflight began production of the Chevvron in 1987, with 19 completed at their Membury factory by 1990. A single example was built of the Sea Chevvron, a floatplane version fitted with a more powerful ({{convert|48|hp|kW}}) König engine,Flight International 3 October 1987, p. 15. while examples were also fitted with a {{convert|45|hp|kW}} Limbach engine. In total, 41 Chevvrons were built.Gunston 2005, p. 26. In the 1990s, a single-rotor wankel engine from the MidWest AE series was successfully fitted to a Chevvron.
Specifications
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References
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- {{cite magazine|title=Chevvron micro takes to the water|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%201913.html|magazine=Flight International|date=3 October 1987|volume= 132|issue= 4082|page=15}}
- {{cite book|last=Gunston|first=Bill|title=World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers|year=2005|edition=Second|publisher=Sutton Publishing|location=Stroud, UK|isbn=0-7509-3981-8}}
- {{cite book|editor-last=Lambert|editor-first=Mark|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91|year=1990|publisher=Jane's Defence Data|location=Coulsdon, Surry, UK|isbn=0-7106-0908-6}}
- {{cite magazine|title=New British lightweight unveiled|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%202832.html|magazine=Flight International|date=18 October 1985|volume= 130|issue= 4033|page=18}}
- {{cite magazine|last=Simpson|first=Roderick|title=Contemporary Focus: AMF Chevvron|magazine=Air Pictorial|date=February 1988|volume= 50|issue= 2|page=49}}
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