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Issoire APM series

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Low wing single piston all composite light aircraft. Includes APM-20 Lionceau, APM-21 Lion (development suspended) APM-30 Lion, APM-40 Simba (no longer promoted), APM-41 Simba 915 iS, APM-50 Nala (no longer promoted), and APM-51 Cheelaar (armed variant, no longer promoted).

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Sport

Final assembly

Issoire/Le Broc ·

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Composite

Wing

Composite

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

None

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Issoire APM-20 Lionceau	1999 / 1995		Two seat lightplane with low, trapezoidal wing.
Issoire APM-30 Lion	2007 / 2005		Three seat version, EASA certified.
Issoire APM-40 Simba	2011 / 2009	2015	Four seat version with fuselage widened at second row of seats.
Issoire APM-41 Simba 915 iS	2016 / 2017		Development of APM-40 (which it replaced) with Rotax 915 iS.

Airframer

Issoire Aviation

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