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Extra EA-500

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High wing composite single turbprop business aircraft.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Business

Final assembly

Dinslaken (Schwarze Heide) · DeLand Municipal Sidney H Taylor Field ·

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

Retractable tricycle

Ice protection

TKS fluid

Pressurisation

Pressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

3-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

Engine-bleed air-cycle

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

T-tail

continued

Certification

Part 23

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Extra EA-500	2002 / 2002		Production: 1 (2013) GAMA: Extra Aircraft EA500. Turboprop version derived from EA-400, with capacity for one pilot and five passengers.

Airframer

Jiangsu A-Star Aviation Industry Co., Ltd.

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