Javelin V6 STOL
The Javelin V6 STOL is an American STOL homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Javelin Aircraft of Wichita, Kansas. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction. Design and development. The V6 STOL consists of plans to power an existing certified Piper PA-20 Pacer airframe with a Ford Motor Company V6 engine and moving it from the "Certified Category" to the "Experimental Amateur-built" category. The aircraft features a strut-braced high wing, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed via doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a  single engine in tractor configuration. Since it uses a standard Piper Pacer airframe, the aircraft is made from welded steel tubing, covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing employs a USA 35B airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of . The standard conversion installs a Ford V6 powerplant, driving a fixed pitch propeller, although engines of up to can be employed. The engine gives the aircraft a sea level, standard day takeoff distance of and a landing distance of . The V6 STOL has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of  . With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is . The manufacturer estimates the time to complete the conversion from the supplied plans as 400 hours. Operational history. In January 2014, 14 examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, but a total of 25 had been registered at one time.