Aero Adventure Aventura
The Aero Adventure Aventura is a family of ultralight amphibians marketed as a kit aircraft by Aero Adventure of DeLand, Florida.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The aircraft was designed by Bob Bailey in 1995.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007">Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 37. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="Cliche">Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, pages B-6 & B-69. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Template:ISBN</ref><ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 90. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>
The aircraft are high-wing flying boats of pusher configuration available in both single and two-seat models. Its design heritage stretches back to the Advanced Aeromarine Buccaneer amphibian ultralights.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Cliche" />
Design
Introduced in 1995, the single-seat Aventura has repositionable main landing gear, down for runways and up for landing on water. The steerable tail wheel is retractable in concert with the repositioning of the main gear. There is no water rudder. The wing is an aluminium frame covered with pre-sewn Dacron envelopes. The hull is constructed from fibreglass and the wingtip floats are polyethylene. The remainder of the structure is anodized aluminium tubing, bolted together. Controls are conventional three-axis, with full span ailerons and no flaps. The company claims that the fast-build kit can be constructed in 90 hours.<ref name="Cliche" />
The two-seat Aventura II was introduced in 1996 and is similar to the single seater, but with a wider cabin and hull for two occupants in side-by-side configuration. The two-seater also features flaps to reduce landing speeds. The company claims 130 hours to build the two-seater from the kit.<ref name="Cliche" />
Variants
- Aventura UL
- Single seater optimised for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicle category, with an empty weight of Template:Convert. Engines include the original Template:Convert Rotax 277 in early models and the Template:Convert Rotax 447 currently. 90 had been completed and flown by the end of 2011.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2011">Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 37. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref>
- Aventura HP
- Single seater intended to be registered as an amateur-built aircraft. Standard engines are the Template:Convert Rotax 503 Template:Convert Rotax 582. 42 had been completed and flown by the end of 2011.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2011" />
- Aventura Sport
- Two-seater marketed as the simplest and lightest model in the line-up. Standard engine is the Template:Convert Rotax 582. 215 had been completed and flown by the end of 2011.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="Aero">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Aventura II
- Two-seater with some options included as standard features. Standard engine is the Template:Convert four-stroke Rotax 912ULS.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2011" /><ref name="Aero" /><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 92. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Template:ISSN</ref>
- Aventura XLR
- Limited edition two-seater with many extras as standard features, including a new style engine cowling, custom graphics package, redesigned instrument panel including GPS, vertical speed indicator and a mode-C transponder, electric landing gear retraction, gear indicator lights, differential hydraulic brakes, carpeting and a headliner. The standard engine is the Template:Convert four-stroke Rotax 912ULS.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="Aero" />
- Aventura AVZ
- Model with top-of-the-line equipment as standard.<ref name="WDLA15"/>