Sonex B Tailwheel

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Introduction

Aircraft and configuration

X-Hangar's Sonex B package includes tricycle and tailwheel versions, a 100 hp Volkswagen-derived piston engine and electric flaps. The product is specific to X-Plane 12.

Sonex B Tailwheel

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THE AIRCRAFT

Meet Sonex B Tailwheel

X-Hangar's Sonex B package includes tricycle and tailwheel versions, a 100 hp Volkswagen-derived piston engine and electric flaps. The product is specific to X-Plane 12.

Research-based aircraft backgroundX-Hangar · Sonex B Tailwheel — simulator documentation ↗

HOW IT CAME TO BE

History & design

The first major Sonex-family revision

The B-model range was introduced at Sun ’n Fun in April 2016. In his factory visit and flight report, Paul Dye describes it as the first major upgrade to the original Sonex/Waiex design, available with the Sonex’s conventional tail or the Waiex’s Y-tail.

Kitplanes / Paul Dye; archived by Sonex Aircraft · Waiex-B: firsthand flight evaluation and B-model development ↗

Paul Dye factory visit and Waiex-B evaluation, Kitplanes May 2017; shared B-model development

More room drives the redesign

Removing the original fuselage taper between the seat and firewall made space for a wider engine installation and cockpit. A taller, vertical instrument panel accommodated larger displays. These were B-family changes; Dye’s flight evaluation itself used a Waiex-B, so its flying impressions are not a direct Sonex-B test.

Kitplanes / Paul Dye; archived by Sonex Aircraft · Waiex-B: firsthand flight evaluation and B-model development ↗

Paul Dye factory visit and Waiex-B evaluation, Kitplanes May 2017; shared B-model development

UNDER THE SKIN

Systems & details

Controls and equipment

Sonex's control-installation drawing shows mechanical pushrods and a control stick, an electric flap actuator and an elevator trim tab.

Sonex B controls installation · SNB-C01 revision D

Sonex Aircraft · Sonex B Tailwheel — aircraft documentation ↗

VIRTUAL VERSIONS

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Manuals & resources

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Aircraft systems

Controls and equipmentSonex B Tailwheel

Sonex's control-installation drawing shows mechanical pushrods and a control stick, an electric flap actuator and an elevator trim tab.

Sonex B controls installation · SNB-C01 revision D

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AIRCRAFT AND FEEL

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