Spectrum Beaver RX550
- Period: 1980-1989
- Uses: General Aviation
- First Flight: mid 1980’s
- Display Status: In Storage Wing
The Spectrum Beaver is a Canadian ultralight which can be mounted on floats.
In 1986 the Museum example was flown from Halifax to Vancouver by a paraplegic pilot, Carl Hiebert, to promote support for paraplegics.
Museum Example
- Registration #: C-IGOW
- Manufacturer: Spectrum Aircraft Inc., Canada
- Manufacture Date: 1986
- Construction #: Unknown
- Acquisition Date: 1987
- Provenance: Donation from Invacare Canada/Hovis Medical
The aircraft was made in 1986, flown that same year, then donated to the Museum by Invacare Canada Ltd/Hovis Medical Ltd.
Specifications
- Wing Span:
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Length:
- 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
- Height:
- 2 m (6 ft 8 in)
- Weight, Empty:
- 155 lb (342 lb)
- Weight, Gross:
- 347 kg (764 lb)
- Cruising Speed:
- 84 km/h (52 mph)
- Max Speed:
- 113 km/h (70 mph)
- Rate of Climb:
- 191 m (625 ft) /min
- Service Ceiling:
- 3,962 m (13,000 ft)
- Range:
- Unknown
- Power Plant:
- one Bombardier Rotax 503, 48 hp, 2-cylinder 2-cycle engine
Additional Photographs
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