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Skyleader 500

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Low wing, single piston light aircraft. No longer promoted.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Touring, Trainer, Ultralight

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

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

continued

Tail

Conventional

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Skyleader 500	2004 / 2003		Two-seat side by side recreation ultralight/light sport aircraft developed from Kappa KP-2U Sova.

Airframer

Air Operation Technologies, a.s (was Jihlavan airplanes)

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