title: Servoplant Aerocraft
text: # Servoplant Aerocraft
  
  The Servoplant Aerocraft is a Romanian agricultural ultralight biplane, designed and produced by agricultural machinery manufacturer Servoplant, of Bucharest. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft complies with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced biplane layout, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft can also be fitted with floats for water operations.
  
  The Aerocraft is made with a composite fuselage and aluminum wings. Its 8.75 m (28.7 ft) span wing has an area of 17.50 $m^2$ (188.4 sq ft). The standard engine is the 104 hp (78 kW) Subaru EA81 automotive four-stroke powerplant.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  In Romania the Aerocraft's popularity for agricultural aerial application is greater than that of the Antonov An-2.
  
  ## Specifications (Aerocraft)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Tacke
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wingspan: 8.75 m (28 ft 8 in)
  * Wing area: 17.50 $m^2$ (188.4 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 275 kg (606 lb)
  * Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) or as high as 540 kg (1,190 lb), depending on engine fitted
  * Fuel capacity: 55 litres (12 imp gal; 15 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Subaru EA81 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke automotive engine, 78 kW (104 hp)
  * Propellers: 6-bladed composite
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 95 km/h (59 mph, 51 kn)
  * Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (890 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 30.9 $kg/m^2$ (6.3 lb/sq ft) at a gross weight of 540 kg (1,190 lb)
  