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  1. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

  2. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    SOFTEX aero 03/12/2021 successfully completed flight tests of the new VP12 aircraft. Many thanks to all the test pilots who made our way to the skies for our aircraft. On December 24, 2021, SOFTEX Aero received official flight clearance for the new VP-12 aircraft
  3. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Softex Aero has developed and tested the landing gear suspension spring for the VP12 aircraft.
  4. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Flame Retardant Resin Test
  5. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Preliminary docking of the fuselage and wing of the second VP12 aircraft.
  6. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    The wing for the second aircraft VP12 was removed from the matrix.
  7. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    1- Flight tests have just begun. 2- There will be a customer for an aircraft with retractable landing gear, then we will do it. :-)
  8. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Softex Aero has started a set of static strength tests for the VP12 aircraft. Wing flap. VP12 static flap strength tests (simulation of the load on the wing flap at a flight speed of 250 km / h, flap extended 16 degrees, load 384 kg.) The wing flap of the test was successful, it did not even...
  9. Alex Aero UA

    STOL Reference Information

    We plan to install two 160 HP Yamaha (Apex) EXUP engines on the STOL «VAI-Sparrow» "....This is the first-ever 160 HP Yamaha (Apex) EXUP flying anywhere in the world. What makes this aircraft so remarkable is that this is the first valve-tuned exhaust ever used or tried before on an aircraft...
  10. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Testing the VP12 aircraft for stability. Before checking the aileron channel, the trimer was bent upward. The pitch channel was adjusted with an electromechanical trimer. The trimer in the exchange rate channel was not regulated. The aircraft flies steadily without interfering with the...
  11. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    "Only beautiful airplanes can fly well," said the famous aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev. The VP12 aircraft is landing.
  12. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Test flights of the VP-12 aircraft continue.
  13. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Thanks for the compliment. Winglets do not have a toe-in angle. Winglets have a special profile.
  14. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Post-flight inspection. Exchange of impressions and discussion of the results of the flight day. The designers carefully examine the components and assemblies of the aircraft designed by them.
  15. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    The first flight of the plane in a circle.
  16. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    New test day. Runs, flying over the runway, equipment tests.
  17. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    The Aviation Department gave permission only for the flight and the removal of flight characteristics. Aerobatics, light aerobatics are not provided.
  18. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    We started flight tests
  19. Alex Aero UA

    STOL Reference Information

    Viktor Vashchenko has completed development of his new VP-12 aircraft. Having consolidated its past experience in the development of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, started a new project of the multi-purpose aircraft «VAI-Sparrow»: This aircraft combines the capabilities of the most...
  20. Alex Aero UA

    The new project aircraft VP 12. Ukraine

    Thanks for your great feedback. Halo is a technological element to simplify the cockpit design for the first aircraft. In the future, cockpit will be executed without this element.
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