We're Proud of our PlaneLogiX Planes!
We're proud of our customers for many reasons, such as choosing the right service to handle their precious records and using us to actively improve their flight safety.
Many of our customers are accomplished pilots and all of our customers have one thing in common: they take excellent care of their airplanes, and every now and then we like to share some of our customer's airplanes!
Featured here is the "James Bond" style seaplane known as the Super Seawind, owned and built by Steve Wightman. Fun Fact: This plane has a turbprop engine from a King Air - making it the fastest single engine Amphibian Plane in the world! Just how fast is it? It can reach 182 knots (209 MPH), which exceeds the previous world speed record for a single-engine amphibious plane by 27 MPH. It can also climb at an astonishing 2500 FPM and has a useful load of 1181 lbs. This summer Steve is attempting to beat world records in the following categories: speed, endurance, altitude, and time to climb. We'll keep you updated on the results, and you can follow along on his website which we updates weekly.
Here are some cool stats from Steve's site (linked below):
| | Super Seawind | Dornier Seastar | Cirrus SR22-G5-GTS |
|---|
| Engine | PT6A-20, 550 HP | PT6A-35A, 650 HP | IO 550N, 310 HP |
| Number of engines | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Length in feet | 27.2 | 41.5 | 26 Feet |
| Height in feet | 10.2 | 15.75 | 8.9 feet |
| Wingspan in feet | 35 | 58.2 | 38.4 |
| Wing area in Sq. Feet | 160 | 329 | 144.9 |
| Wing aspect ration | | | 10:1 |
| Height in feet | 10.2 | | |
| Crew controls and seating | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Passenger seats; maximum | 3 | 12 | 3 |
| Cabin width in inches; Front/Rear | 52/54 | 64 | 49 |
| Cabin Height in inches | | 54 | 50 |
| Cabin length in inches | 105 | 157 | |
| Cabin volume in cubic feet | | 348 | |
| Baggage capacity in LBS/cubic feet | 200/11 | 397 | |
| ROC VY and VX in Knots, MTOW | 86/65 | | |
| Max Sea Level Rate of Climb in FPM 3200 GW | 3000 | 1300 | 1270 |
| Max Take Off Weigth in pounds | 3950 | 10141 | 3600 |
| Empty Weight | 2769 | 7230 | 2365 |
| Useful Load | 1181 | 2911 | 1235 |
| Fuel | Jet A | Jet A | AV Gas |
| Max Usable Fuel; STD/LR mid tank/ LBS | 108/142/968 | 458 | 81 |
| Endurance in hours at efficient Power Setting and 1 Hr Reserve | 4/6 | | 4.3 |
| Max Landing Wts; Land/Water | 3950/3400 | 9,920/10,141 | |
| Payload With Max Fuel, LBS; Std/Mid LR tank | 446/213 | | 749 |
| Weights with full fuel in wing/center tanks | 3504/3737 | | |
| Wing Loading Per Sq Foot | 20.81 | | 24.8 |
| Power Loading Per Horsepower | 10.97 | | 11.6 |
| High Speed Cruise TAS/FL | 222/200 | 180 | 180 |
| Take off Distance over 50 Ft; Land/Water-Max Power, MTOW | 1175/1450 | 1850/2500 | 1756 |
| Take off Distance over 50 Ft; Land/Water-Max Power, 91% MTOW | 800/1000 | | |
| Take off Distance over 50 Ft; Land/Water-Max Power, 81% MTOW | 610/820 | | |
| Landing Roll ISA; 50 Ft L/W | 1300/1150 | 2250/2840 | 1178 |
| Knots Stall Speed, 0/40 Degree Flaps Landing Config | 63/45 | 69 | 60 |
| Glide ratio, propeller feathered automatically | 10.9/1 | | |
| Max operating Altitude in feet | 24000 | 15000 | 17500 |
| GPS Systems, number of | 3 | | |
| Number of Avionics systems | 3 | | 2 |
| IFR Certified | Yes | | |
| Primary Panel | G-900 | | |
| Synthetic Vision | Yes | No | |
| Engine Fire Supression System, Automatic | Yes | No | No |
| Oxygen, Two Place to FL 240 | Yes | No | No |
| Propeller blade number | 5 | | 3 |
| Water freeboard in inches | 13 | | |
| Recent published sale price | | $6.2 M | $605,900 |
