The Avtek 400A was an American prototype turboprop -powered business aircraft, which was developed in the early 1980s. Its configuration was unusual and distinctive : a low-wing monoplane with two pusher engines mounted above the wings, and a large canard mounted atop the forward fuselage.

2022年4月26日 · Aimed at filling a niche that a computer program had identified as underserved, the larger seven-passenger Avtek promised a 400 mph cruise speed and a 2,400 sm range for …

“爱芙迭克”400是由美国一些著名的航空专家新建的爱芙迭克公司研制的一种6/9座、双发推进式涡轮螺桨全复合材料鸭式行政机。 设计工作开始于1981年3月。 1982年1月1日起开始制造第一架原型机——原理验证机 (N 400 AV)。 该机于1984年9月17日首次试飞。

The Avtek 400A was a prototype turboprop-powered business aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s. It was of unusual and distinctive configuration - a low-wing monoplane with two pusher engines mounted above the wings, …

2021年9月3日 · “愛芙迭克”400是由美國一些著名的航空專家新建的愛芙迭克公司研製的一種6/9座、雙發推進式渦輪螺槳全複合材料鴨式行政機。 設計工作開始於1981年3月。 1982年1月1日起開始製造第一架原型機——原理驗證機 (N 400 AV)。 該機於1984年9月17日首次試飛。

1985年1月10日 · The plane, called the Avtek 400, is the product of four years of work by Adickes and a corps of older aviation experts, dubbed the “Geritol Group.” Theirs is the first company to produce and...

Avtek was a U.S. aircraft manufacturer established at Camarillo, California in 1982 by Robert Adickes, Robert Honeycutt and Quinten Ward with the intention of producing a business aircraft of composite construction, the Avtek 400. Foreign investment was obtained from firms in Denmark, Finland, Germany, and Japan.

With twin 680-horsepower Pratt & Whitney PT6A-3 engines, it could fly as fast as 352 knots and as far as 2,400 statute miles (3,862 km). These numbers bested most traditional turboprops from Cessna, Piper and Beechcraft by a wide margin, as did its service ceiling of 41,000 feet (12,497 m) and claimed fuel efficiency of 10 miles per gallon.

The Avtek 400 is a small twin turboprop aircraft with straight, low mounted wings. On top of the wings are the engine nacelles, with four blade pusher props. Typical is the straight canard wing, placed on top of the fuselage, above the cockpit. The aircraft only has a vertical stabiliser. The photo aboven was kindly provided by Peter Davis.

and rigidity-to-weight ratios. Use of Kevlar and Nomex in the Avtek 400 combine to give the airplane a light, tough structure that has a maximum weight of only 5,500 pounds, about half the weight of a metal airplane of comparable size and performance. Composites