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AttributeQuicksilver Aeronautics GT 400These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
What it is
Seats1
Landing geartricycle
Engines—
EngineRotax 503 class (two-stroke)
Horsepower50 hp
Fuel—
Certification basisamateur-built
Production start1984
Production end—
Endorsements required—
Performance
Cruise speed62 KTAS
Range—
Service ceiling—
Climb rate1,450 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)25 KCAS
Takeoff over 50 ft—
Landing over 50 ft—
Load and fuel
Seats1
Useful load264 lb
Full-fuel payload—
Max takeoff weight570 lb
Empty weight306 lb
Usable fuel—
Fuel burn at cruise5 gal/h
Cost of ownership
Price, low—
Price, high—
Prices as of—
Engine TBO—
Overhaul cost, low—
Overhaul cost, high—
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time104
Active fleet44
Median year built2001
NTSB events, last 10 years5
Fatal events, last 10 years1
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years1113.64 · thin base (low)
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active2113.64 · thin base (low)
Ownership transfers, last 24 months11
Transfers per 100 active325 · thin base (low)
Airworthiness directives3
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidencelow
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats
Accident record4—
Severity5—
Access69.8 of 10
Support73.2 of 10
Liquidity87.3 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9Partial: 20.3 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 44 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 44 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 44 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 13.04.
  6. Access: class median 1,000.
  7. Support: class median 77.5.
  8. Liquidity: class median 20.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
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