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Video: Icon Reveals A5’s Pilot-Friendly AoA System

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Key Takeaways:

  • Icon Aircraft has completed the design and testing of a new Angle-of-Attack (AoA) indication system for its A5 light sport amphibian.
  • The system features a pictorial dial that clearly shows the wing's angle using color-coded ranges (green, yellow, red) as it approaches a stall.
  • Designed to enhance safety, the AoA indicator provides pilots with immediate visual awareness of their stall margin, helping prevent unintended stalls.
  • Icon's founder and the FAA emphasize the system's importance as a "game changer" for improving safety, particularly for new pilots and those flying small aircraft.
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Icon Aircraft has finished designing and testing the angle-of-attack indication system in the Icon A5 light sport amphibian and created an informative video showing just how the device works (view it below).

The Icon A5’s AoA indicator is a round dial in the pilot’s line of sight showing a picture of a wing that increases its angle from green to yellow to red ranges as angle of attack approaches a stall. The result is angle-of-attack information that is presented to the pilot in clear terms, which in turn should enhance safety in the A5, Icon says.

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