Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango

AMT-200 Super Ximango
Role	Motor glider
National origin	Brazil
Manufacturer	Aeromot
Designer	René Fournier
Introduction	1993
Developed from	AMT-100 Ximango

The Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango is a Brazilian motor glider developed from the AMT-100 Ximango but fitted with a Rotax 912 engine.^[1]

Design and development

Built from glassfibre, the Super Ximango is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with conventional landing gear and a T-tail. Powered by front-mounted 80 hp Rotax 912A, it has an enclosed side-by-side cockpit for two. The wings fold for storage or transportation.

U.S. Air Force TG-14A designated AMT-200

Variants

AMT-200

Rotax 912A powered variant in the Utility category.

AMT-200S

Rotax 912S4 powered variant in the Utility category.

AMT-200SO

Reconnaissance variant of the AMT-200S in the Restricted category

Operators

 United States

• United States Air Force – operated by the U.S. Air Force Academy as the TG-14.
• NASA – operated at Armstrong Flight Research Center as the TG-14.

 Brazil

• Military Police of Paraná State – operated in patrol of environmental policing.

 Dominican Republic

• Dominican Air Force

Specification

Data from Taylor 1996, p. 511

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 17.47 m (57 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 18.7 m² (201 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 16
• Empty weight: 605 kg (1,334 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 805 kg (1,775 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

• Cruising speed: 205 km/h (127 mph; 111 kn)
• Stall speed: 76 km/h (47 mph; 41 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 245 km/h (152 mph; 132 kn)
• Maximum glide ratio: 31

References

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aeromot AMT-200 Super Ximango.

• Certificação [Type Certificate] (PDF) (in Portuguese), BR: Anac .