| AMF Chevvron 2-32 | |
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| Role | Microlight trainer |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | AMF-Microflight |
| First flight | 1983 |
| Introduction | 1987 |
| Number built | 41 |
The AMF Chevvron is a British two-seat microlight aircraft of the 1980s and 90s. It is a single engined mid-winged monoplane with side-by-side seating. 41 were built.
The Chevvron was designed to meet a requirement for an aircraft conforming with the Civil Aviation Authority's regulations for microlight aircraft and fitted with conventional three-axis controls. The Chevvron is a mid-wing monoplane with a pod-and boom configuration and high aspect ratio wings. It is built of composite materials and is fitted with a fixed nosewheel undercarriage. The normal powerplant was a single König SD 570 two-stroke, four-cylinder air-cooled radial engine rated at 32 horsepower (24 kW) and driving a three-bladed propeller.[1][2]
The first prototype, fitted with a V-tail, made its maiden flight in late 1983. A modified second prototype, with a conventional tail flew in October 1986.[1][2]
AMF Microflight began production of the Chevvron in 1987, with 19 completed at their Membury factory by 1990.[3] A single example was built of the Sea Chevvron, a floatplane version fitted with a more powerful (48 horsepower (36 kW)) König engine,[4] while examples were also fitted with a 45 horsepower (34 kW) Limbach engine. In total, 41 Chevvrons were built.[5] In the 1990s, a single-rotor wankel engine from the MidWest AE series was successfully fitted to a Chevvron.
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91[3]
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