Created by Burt Rutan and first flown on 21 March 2000 (pilot Glenn Maben), the fuselage seats six, in between a tractor and a pusher engine, each of 350 hp.
The airfoil is the NASA LS(1)-0417 from root to tip.
Deliveries began in 2004.
Engine: Continental, 700hp
Seats: 6
Formed in 1991 and based at Englewood, Colorado.
fdr/pres: Rick Adam
Hired Burt Rutan to create the prototype A500.
The Adams Company offered light gyrocopter engines which successfully powered experimental flying machines by Emile Berliner in 1909-1910 and J. Newton Williams in 1909. Engine production lasted longer than automobile manufacture although it is not clear when this stopped, too.
Like another builder of rotary engined road vehicles, Stephen Marius Balzer of New York, the Adams Company offered light gyrocopter engines which successfully powered experimental flying machines by Emile Berliner in 1909-1910 and J. Newton Williams in 1909. Engine production lasted longer than automobile manufacture although it is not clear when this stopped, too. The Adams Company then relied on their iron foundry and manufacture of gears, shafts and parts for power transmissions which it does until today.
When F. Oliver Farwell left the company in 1921, he had about 20 patents on his name and tried to build up a business on one he held for a novel transmission for merry-go-rounds. Later, he worked again in a gear-cutting company in Toledo, Ohio.
The RA-17 was a special version for use as ag-plane with spraying equipment under the wings and the chemicals hopper in the fuselage, making it a single-seat aircraft. Only a prototype was built which was modified from the second RA-15/1, and the sole RA-17 made a first flight on June 2, 1949.
A side-by-side two-seater, the RA-15 Major was externally and dimensionally similar to the RA-14, but had a plywood covered fuselage, a much larger vertical tail and also featured improved systems.
The first example made its maiden flight on April 13, 1947. Engine in the RA-15 was a 75 hp Régnier 4D-2.
The RA-15/1 Major was similar to the RA-15, but powered by a 65 hp Continental A65 engine.
RA-15 Major
Engine: 75 hp Régnier 4D-2
Wingspan: 34 ft 9 in
Length: 22 ft 11 in
Empty weight: 616 lb
Loaded weight: 1145 lb
Max speed: 109 mph
Ceiling: 16,400 ft
A side-by-side two seater, the RA-14 Loisirs was mainly intended for construction by amateur builders and aero clubs, using Adam-supplied parts and components. The RA-14 was also delivered complete.The RA-14 made the first flight on March 16, 1946 and this aircraft was powered by a 40 hp Train engine. The RA-14 had a fabric covered fuselage and wings and was built in several variants, with engines in the 65-90 hp power range. The type was popular in the immediate post-war years and several dozens were built.
One example of the RA-14S Loisirs was built, featuring a plywood covered fuselage and several other features of the RA-15 model. In 1957 Maranda Aircraft in Canada acquired the marketing rights for the RA-14 and also developed several improved versions. The RA-14 serving as the basis of the AMF S-14. Another homebuilt variant was available from Falconar, also in Canada.
Engine: Continental O-170, 65 hp
Span: 35 ft
Length: 22 ft
Height: 7 ft
Wing Area: 16 sq.m
Empty Weight: 616 lb
Cruise Speed: 75 mph
Gross Weight: 1056 lb
Crew: 2
Range: 280 miles
Max Speed: 87 mph
Ceiling: 4000 m
In 2001 the Aircraft Cylinder & Turbine Co produced the R-1340 Super 600, 600hp modification of the P&W R-1340 with R-2800 cylinder heads.
Sun Valley CA.
USA
Circa 2000
USA
Markets plans, and some components for the Aero-Sport single-seat aerobatic/competition biplane and Super Acro-Sport for unlimited aerobatics, two-seat Aero-Sport II aerobatic biplane, Pober Junior Ace two-seat parasol-wing monoplane, Pober Pixie and Pober Super Ace single-seat parasol-wing monoplanes, and Nesmith Cougar I two-seat high-wing cabin monoplane.
