The Amax Eagle TT is an Australian

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that was designed and produced by

Amax Engineering Amax Engineering was an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Donvale, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne. When it was in business, the company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft for amateur construction. The company d ...

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, introduced in the 1990s. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 318. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. The "TT" designation indicates "Tall Tail". The aircraft has higher landing gear, allowing the engine to be placed on the vertical

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, which eliminates pitch changes with throttle application.

Design and development

The Eagle TT was derived from the low-landing gear equipped Amax Eagle and was designed to comply with amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield,

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without

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and a four-cylinder, liquid-cooled,

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, single-ignition Subaru EA81

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. The aircraft

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is made from welded

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tubing with some aluminum parts. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of . The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is . The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is . The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 100 hours.

Specifications (Eagle TT)

References

{{Amax Engineering aircraft Eagle TT 1990s Australian sport aircraft 1990s Australian ultralight aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Single-engined pusher autogyros

Design and development

Specifications (Eagle TT)

See also

References