title: Medway SLA100 Executive
text: # Medway SLA100 Executive
  
  The Medway SLA100 Executive, also called the Medway SLA 100 Executive, is a British ultralight aircraft designed and produced by Medway Microlights, of Rochester, Kent. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft was designed to comply with the British BCAR Section "S" and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The SLA100 is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.7 m (31.8 ft) span wing has an area of 13.8 $m^2$ (149 sq ft) and is supported by V-struts with jury struts. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.
  
  The SA100 has been certified to the UK BCAR Section "S" standard.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### SLA100 Executive
  
      Standard model with a 9.7 m (31.8 ft) wing span
  
  ### SLA100 Clipper
  
      Clipped wing model, introduced in 2010 and still under development in 2015.
  
  ## Specifications (SLA100 Executive)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Tacke
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wingspan: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
  * Wing area: 13.8 $m^2$ (149 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 262 kg (578 lb)
  * Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed composite
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 153 km/h (95 mph, 83 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 129 km/h (80 mph, 70 kn)
  * Stall speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 4.3 m/s (850 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 32.6 $kg/m^2$ (6.7 lb/sq ft)
  