Aero Wood Specialties Inc Avocet 1-A

This 4-seat amphibian was a design of a company name Aero Wood Specialties, Inc. and work started around 1993. The aircraft had a largely all composite materials construction and the first example (a Model Avovet 1-A with a 300hp Lycoming IO-540-K1D5 engine) was under construction when the project was halted, possibly in/around 1998 and consequently the prototype was never completed.

Engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1D5, 300 hp.         
HP range: 240-350.
Wing span: 39 ft.                     
Wing area: 185 sq.ft.
Height: 10.75 ft.                 
Length: 26.25 ft.
Weight empty: 1960 lbs.                 
Gross: 3520 lbs.
Speed max: 165 mph.                 
Cruise: 155 mph.
Range: 900 sm.                     
Stall: 53 mph.
ROC: 1200 fpm.                 
Take-off dist: 700 ft.
Landing dist: 1200 ft.                     
Service ceiling: 16,500 ft.
Fuel cap: 100 USG.                 
Seats: 4.
Landing gear: retractable nose wheel amphibian