Flightstar II
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The Flightstar II is Tom Peghiny's two-seat side-by-side ultralight trainer of 1987 from Connecticut, a strut-braced aluminium-tube and Dacron pusher on tricycle gear with a 32 ft wing, 430 lb empty and 950 lb gross, with Kitplanes figures of 65 knots cruise, a 31-knot stall, 800 fpm and 300 nm on a 60 hp HKS four-stroke; the IISC and IISL were later versions and the company is out of production.
A Flightstar II is 60-knot open-cockpit flying for two from the ultralight-trainer era, now out of production, so parts come from the Rotax and HKS chains and the owner community rather than a factory; the Dacron sails and aluminium tubing have finite lives in sun and weather, and the covering's age and the engine's history matter more than the airframe hours. Most were two-stroke 503s rather than the HKS the figures describe, with that engine's care and overhaul life. The airworthiness certificate - E-LSA conversion of an exemption-era trainer, or amateur-built - decides the maintenance rules. It is a docile, forgiving aeroplane with a 520 lb useful load that two adults will use up.
Variants of the Flightstar
- Flightstar II · 1987 · 31 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 11.9 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | HKS 700E (60 hp); Rotax 447/503/582 fitted |
| Horsepower | 60 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1987 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 65 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 300 nm |
| Service ceiling | 12,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 800 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 520 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 950 lb |
| Empty weight | 430 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 | 52 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 31 |
| Median year built | 2000 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 64.52 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 64.52 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 4 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 12.9 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 31 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 31 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 31 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 7.5 of 103 |
| Support | 2.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.9 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 11.9 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- 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