Adam Aircraft Industries · Canceled
Adam A700 AdamJet
The Adam A700 AdamJet was a composite very light jet developed from the A500 piston twin. Its twin-boom layout and rear-mounted turbofans were intended to offer turboprop owners and regional air-taxi operators a step into jet travel. The program reached flight testing but did not enter production service.
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Aircraft profile
Development and lineage
- Manufacturer
- Adam Aircraft Industries
- Family
- Adam A700 AdamJet
- Aircraft category
- Business Jet
- Propulsion
- Jet
- Lifecycle
- Canceled
- Development stage
- Cancelled
Aircraft data
Key specifications
- Program status
- Cancelled development program; no production entry into service
- Airframe
- Pressurized carbon-composite aircraft with retractable landing gear
- Configuration
- Twin-boom tail; two aft-fuselage turbofan engines
- Seating design
- 6–8 total seats; passenger count varies with crew and layout
- Engines
- 2 × Williams FJ33-series turbofans (development configuration)
- High-speed cruise target
- 340 KTAS (2004 program target; not certified operating performance)
- Altitude target
- 41,000 ft (development target)
- Range target
- 1,100 nm (2004 program target; later and secondary figures differ)
- External fuel tank
- 184 US gal additional capacity in the later certification design
- Type-certificate application
- 12 April 2004
Development figures describe the proposed aircraft and are not certified operating limits.
Overview
Adam Aircraft approached the A700 as a jet-powered extension of the A500 architecture. Moving propulsion to two rear-mounted turbofans preserved the central passenger fuselage and twin-boom tail while removing the A500’s nose and rear piston engines. A pressurized cabin and retractable landing gear were part of the proposed design.
Program history
The program pursued the emerging very light jet market, including owners moving up from turboprops and operators planning frequent regional flights. Adam Aircraft promoted the A700 for high annual utilization, and Magnum Jet selected it for an intended ownership, management and air-limo operation. The aircraft remained a development program; engine certification did not constitute certification of the complete aircraft.
Cabin
The proposed aircraft accommodated six to eight seats in its certification design, with the usable passenger count depending on crew and cabin arrangement. The air-taxi offering discussed four to five passenger seats and an aft lavatory. These describe proposed configurations rather than a delivered production cabin standard.
Performance
Published A700 figures changed during development. Adam’s 2004 material described targets of 340 KTAS high-speed cruise, a 41,000 ft operating altitude and 1,100 nm range. Other historical tables cite different range, speed and fuel figures. Those values should not be combined into a single certified performance envelope.