Lockwood Aircraft AirCam (twin)
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The AirCam is a twin-engine open-cockpit tandem two-seater from Lockwood Aircraft, designed and first flown in 1993 as a camera platform for a National Geographic assignment over the Congo rainforest and sold as a kit since 1996, with two 100 hp Rotax 912ULS engines on a 36 ft high wing. It cruises at about 87 knots, stalls at 34 knots, climbs at 1,500 fpm, carries 28 gallons for about 295 nm and has an 800 lb useful load at a 1,900 lb gross weight.
The reason for two engines is that it climbs on one — Lockwood quotes 300 fpm single-engine — which makes very low flight over water or terrain defensible in a way it is not in a single, and that is the entire purpose of the aircraft. The costs follow directly: a multi-engine class rating, two Rotax engines to maintain on calendar as well as hours limits, and an airframe kit that starts at about $89,000 and reaches roughly $168,000 with carburetted engines before avionics at $16,500 to $25,000, a $15,800 enclosure and propellers. It is slow, it goes nowhere far, and an open cockpit at 87 knots is cold above a few thousand feet. As an amateur-built aircraft every AirCam is its builder's: tricycle or tailwheel, amphibious floats (which take the useful load down to 600 lb), optional enclosure, 912iS or 914 turbo engines, and whatever panel was chosen, so the figures here are Lockwood's Generation 3 reference and the aircraft's own documents govern. Lockwood is active, passed its 300th kit in 2021 and supports the type. The owner may maintain it and an A&P, or the builder-repairman, signs the annual condition inspection.
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | 2 x Rotax 912ULS (912iS or 914 turbo 115 hp optional) |
| Horsepower | 200 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 87 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 295 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 34 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 800 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,900 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,100 lb |
| Usable fuel | 28 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $89,165 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $167,968 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 249 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 214 |
| Median year built | 2015.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 14 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 65.421 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 60.752 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 48 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 22.433 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 214 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 214 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 214 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing multi-engine, piston, 2 engines, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | —4 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 60.75 · 1 models in class.
- Severity: class median 21.43.
- Access: class median 7,940.
- Support: class median 214.
- Liquidity: class median 22.43.
- 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