Just Aircraft Escapade
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The Escapade is the two-seat fabric-covered high-wing kit that Just Aircraft of South Carolina and Reality Aircraft in England developed together, first flown in 2003 and the parent of the Highlander and SuperSTOL: a 28 ft 6 in folding wing, a 44-inch cabin, gear that converts between tailwheel and tricycle in an hour, 615 lb empty and 1,320 lb gross in US form, with Jane's figures of 92 mph cruise and a 26 mph stall on an 80 hp Rotax 912UL.
The Escapade is the lightest and simplest of the Just Aircraft line and the one to compare with a Kitfox or Avid rather than with the slat-winged Highlander and SuperSTOL that followed it; it gives up their extreme short-field numbers for less weight and a lower price. Builders fit everything from the 80 hp 912UL to a Jabiru 3300, and the 1,320 lb figure is a light-sport legal limit that some register above as amateur-built, so the engine, the gross weight on the paperwork and the weight-and-balance are the aircraft's identity. Welded steel tube under fabric is straightforward to inspect and the convertible gear's fittings deserve a look. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Just Aircraft supports the type and still sells the kit.
Variants of the Just Aircraft Escapade
- Escapade · 2003 · 36 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 12.3 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 | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912UL (80 hp; 912ULS 100, 914 115, Jabiru 2200/3300 options) |
| Horsepower | 80 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2003 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 80 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 23 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 705 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,320 lb |
| Empty weight | 615 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 | 46 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 36 |
| Median year built | 2009 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 111.11 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 111.11 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 7 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.44 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 36 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 36 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 36 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 4.8 of 103 |
| Support | 2.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4.6 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 12.3 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 8 · scores Sep 30