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Adam A500: First Flight

Adam A500 tandem twin
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The Adam A500 is a composite-built, tandem-twin aircraft designed with centerline thrust and sidestick controls, aiming to improve upon earlier "push-pull" concepts.
  • The article describes a flight in a prototype undergoing testing, noting its spaciousness, strong climbing performance, projected cruise speeds of 200-235 knots, and overall positive flying characteristics.
  • It highlights the A500's safety advantage due to the absence of asymmetric thrust during engine failure, making it more manageable than conventional twins, with significant market interest from fractional ownership providers despite its over $1 million price point.
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The folks at Adam Aircraft don’t particularly like it when their new airplane is referred to as a “push-pull,” the most common (and cleanest) name attached to the Cessna Skymaster that made its debut about 40 years ago. The concept of centerline thrust, tandem power, was actually patented by Claudius Dornier in 1937 and developed during World War II.

Maybe “tandem twin” can be made to stick. Whatever, Adam Aircraft has created a twin built mostly of composites that looks back a bit but that is all new and optimizes the concept of the tandem twin, the power available and the current technology.

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