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Type Description and Production Data

Chevvron Magnum
Chevvron Variants
Chevvron 2-32C
Single engined mid-winged monoplane with a pod-and boom configuration and high aspect ratio wingswith, designed to meet a requirement for an aircraft conforming with the Civil Aviation Authority's regulations for microlight aircraft and fitted with conventional three-axis controls. Featuring side-by-side seating, it was built of composite materials and is fitted with a fixed nosewheel undercarriage. The first prototype, fitted with a V-tail, made its maiden flight in late 1983. A modified second prototype, with a conventional tail flew in October 1986. One 32-h.p. Konig SD570 powerplant driving a three-bladed propeller.
Sea Chevvron 2-48
Two seat microlight seaplane variant of Chevvron 2-32C. One 48-h.p. Konig SD 930 powerplant with 4-blade propeller.
Super Chevvron 2-45CS
As Chevvron 2-32C with reduced span and One 45-h.p. Limbach L 550 powerplant.

Chevvron 2-32C Specification
Span Length Height Wing Area Empty Wt Max AUW Cruise Speed Maximum Speed Range Service Ceiling
44 ft 23 ft 5 ft 189 sq ft 386 lb 842 lb 63 mph/ 55 kn 75 mph/ 65 kn 230 mi 10010 ft
13.41 m 7.01 m 1.52 m 17.56 m2 175 kg 382 kg 101 km/h 121 km/h 370 km 3051 m

Production Details
C/n Initial
Registration		 Type Notes
 41 aircraft built by AMF Microflight Ltd. Built between 1983 and 1998.
 CH001  G-MNPW  Chevvron 2-32C  Retained by AMF Microflight.
 002  G-MNFL  Chevvron 2-32C  To Peter Warwick Wright,Burton Lazars,Melton Mowbray.
 003  G-MNZH  Chevvron 2-32C  Retained by AMF Microflight.
 004  G-MTFG  Chevvron 2-32C  To the FG Syndicate, Sidcup.
 005  G-BNHY  Sea Chevvron 2-48  To John Hatswell, Broadstairs. To France.
 006  G-MTRJ  Chevvron 2-32C  To Chartersteps Ltd, Edinburgh.
 007    Chevvron 2-32C  
 008  G-MVIP  Chevvron 2-32C  To Julian Pool, Barton-upon-Humber.
 009  EI-BVJ  Chevvron 2-32C  To Alan Dunne, Dublin.
 010  G-MVGC  Chevvron 2-32C  To Claude John Lancelot Hunt, Peterchurch, Hereford.
 011  G-MVGD  Chevvron 2-32C  To Calvert Holdings Ltd, Leighton Buzzard.
 012  G-MVGE  Chevvron 2-32C  To Kenneth George Baker, Hythe.
 013    Chevvron 2-32C  
 014  G-MVOO  Chevvron 2-32C  To Allan Hipkin, Stourbridge.
 015  G-MVUO  Chevvron 2-32C  To Charles Anthony Mordlock, Blackburn.
 016  G-MVVV  Chevvron 2-32C  To Nigel Jan Fuller, Cambridge.
 017  PH-1W9  Chevvron 2-32C  
 018  G-MVXX  Chevvron 2-32C  To Peter Sidney Tennent, Looe.
 019  G-MVZZ  Chevvron 2-32C  To Lancaster Partners (Holdings) Ltd, Stockport.
 020  G-MZDP  Chevvron 2-32C  To G-MZDP Group, Finchingfield, Braintree. To Lithuania.
 021  G-MWHS  Chevvron 2-32C  To Christopher John Ames Porter, Cranleigh, Surrey.
 022  EI-CAU  Chevvron 2-32C  To John Tarrant, Cork
 023  G-MWJL  Chevvron 2-32C  To Chevron Microlight Tuition (Swansea) Ltd, Swansea.
 024  G-MWJM  Chevvron 2-32C  To BA Chevvron Group, Great Shefford, Newbury.
 025  G-MWNO  Chevvron 2-32C  To Robert William Chatterton, Sleaford.
 026  G-MWNP  Chevvron 2-32C  To David Guy Titterton, Stockport.
 027  G-MWPW  Chevvron 2-32C  To Peter Wulff, Presteigne.
 028  G-MWRZ  Chevvron 2-32C  To Michael John Barrett, Callington.
 029  G-MWUI  Chevvron 2-32C  To Microflight Aviation, Cottingham.
 030    Chevvron 2-32C  
 031  OO-A29  Chevvron 2-32C  To J. Schreirer. To Luxembourg in 1999.
 032    Chevvron 2-32C  
 033  G-MWZB  Chevvron 2-32C  To Julian Harry Tope, Newton Abbot.
 034  G-MYGN  Chevvron 2-32C  To Finishdesign Ltd, Abington, Cambridge.
 035  D-MYAV  Chevvron 2-32C  
 036  G-MYYP  Super Chevvron 2-45CS  Later converted to standard Chevvron 2-32C.
 037  D-MOEZ  Chevvron 2-32C  
 038  G-MZCK  Chevvron 2-32C  To Finishdesign Ltd, Abington, Cambridge.
 039  G-MZFH  Chevvron 2-32C  To David Roy Gooby, Ilminster.
 040  G-MZMK  Chevvron 2-32C  To Kevin David Calvert, Milton Keynes.
 054  G-MWXT  Chevvron 2-32C  To AMF Microflight. To Japan, 1992.
Total Production  41
Magnum
Two seat side-by-side VLA. The aircraft had a mid/low-wing configuration, with marked anhedral on the tapered outer wing panels, low set tailplane and sweptback fin, slotted Fowler flaps and conventional three-axis controls. The roomy cockpit featured semi-reclining seats, the pilot and passenger having individual. left and right forward-hinged Plexiglas transparencies framed in carbon fibre. The instrument panel was integral with canopy. A large baggage shelf was located to the rear of the seats. The wings were removable for storage, requiring two people to assemble/disassemble. Construction was from epoxy composites, post-cured in heated moulds. The fuselage had a glass fibre outer skin and sandwich core, while the wings featured glass/carbon sandwich skins, carbon-capped l-beam main spar and rear flap spar, and sailplane-type spar extensions and spherical wing shear pins The production version was intended to have a fuselage and wing entirely of carbon fibr,.except for ribs and spar webs. A hydraulic fully retracting tricycle undercarriage was fitted. One 115 h.p. Rotax 914F powerplant driving a a constant speed, three-blade propeller.

Magnum Specification
Span Length Height Wing Area Empty Wt Max AUW Cruise Speed Maximum Speed Range Service Ceiling
31 ft 10 in 24 ft 7 in 8 ft 2.5 in 127.9 sq ft 1102 lb 1653 lb 132 mph/ 115 kn 207 mph/ 180 kn 2531 mi 16000 ft
9.7 m 7.49 m 2.5 m 11.88 m2 500 kg 750 kg 212 km/h 333 km/h 4073 km 4877 m

Production Details
C/n Initial
Registration		 Notes
 1 aircraft built by Aviation Enterprises Ltd, Membury. First flew 5 June 2003.
 001  G-CDBC  Initially flew under B conditions as G-61-22. Retained by Aviation Enterprises Ltd.
Total Production  1

Production References

  1. http://www.caa.co.uk

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