The XtremeAir Sbach 342 (XA42) is a German high performance two-seat aerobatic and touring monoplane designed by Philipp Steinbach with Albert Mylius and built by XtremeAir GmbH of Hecklingen.[1]
The Sbach 342 (a marketing name for the XA42) is a composite structure low-wing monoplane with a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and carbon fiber fuselage.[1] It is powered by a 315 hp (235 kW) Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A piston engine driving a three-bladed propeller.[1] It is the tandem version of the single-seater XA 41 (XtremeAir Sbach 300) which was designed by the same team in Speyer in 2004.[1] The XA42 received a type certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency in March 2011.[1] In November 2012 it received its type certification through the FAA.
The production of this plane was stopped at the beginning of the year 2021
Specifications (acrobatic)
Data from[1]Type Certificate Data Sheet,[2]Airplane Flight Manual
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 2
Length: 6.67 m (21 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Height: 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 11.25 m2 (121.1 sq ft)
Airfoil: PS-1-16 (wing), PS-1-09 (wing tip), DU86-MOD1 (horizontal tail including elevator and vertical tail including rudder)
Empty weight: 670 kg (1,477 lb)
Gross weight: 850 kg (1,874 lb) for acrobatic flight, 999 kg (2,200 lb) for utility flight
Fuel capacity: 275 L (72.6 US gal) total, 273 L (72.1 US gal) usable, 64 L (16.9 US gal) usable for aerobatics
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A horizontally-opposed six-cylinder four stroke piston engine, 235 kW (315 hp) at 2,700 rpm
Propellers: 3-bladed MT-Propeller MTV-9-B-C/C203-20d, 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) diameter ± 5 mm