Avid Magnum
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The Avid Magnum is Avid Aircraft's enlarged, Lycoming-powered development of the Avid Flyer from the early 1990s: a steel-tube-and-fabric two-seater with a 33 ft folding wing built for the 160 hp O-320, 1,025 lb empty and 1,750 lb gross, with Jane's figures of 110 knots cruise, a 31-knot stall and 1,500 fpm.
The Magnum is the Avid for someone who wanted a certified aircraft engine and a real useful load, and it is correspondingly heavier and more expensive to feed than a Rotax Avid; with 725 lb to carry it is a two-adults-and-camping-gear bush plane rather than a toy. Avid Aircraft failed in the late 1990s and the Magnum's later custodians were small, so parts and support are the owner community's, and a kit-built fabric aeroplane of this age is judged on its welding, covering, gear fittings and builder's log rather than on type figures; no range or fuel figure was found here. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate.
Variants of the Avid Magnum
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 9.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (319 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-320 (160 hp) |
| Horsepower | 160 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 110 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | 17,500 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 725 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,750 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,025 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
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 time | 61 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 39 |
| Median year built | 2006 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 5 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 128.21 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 102.56 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 5 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 12.82 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 39 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 39 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 39 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 4.6 of 103 |
| Support | 2.8 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.8 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 9.2 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 319 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.33.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 79.
- Liquidity: class median 19.91.
- 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.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30