Stolp SA-500 Starlet


The Stolp SA-500 Starlet is an American amateur-built aircraft. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty of Corona, California.

Design and development

The Starlet features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing, while the wing is made from wood and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing employs a Clark YH airfoil, has an area of. The recommended installed power is, and engines used include the Volkswagen air-cooled engine, the Rotax 912UL, Subaru EA-81, Suzuki and small Continental Motors, Inc. powerplants.
The construction time is estimated to be 1400 hours.

Operational history

By 1998, the company reported that 35 aircraft were completed and flying.

Variants