Jabiru J230


The Jabiru J230 is an Australian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Jabiru Aircraft. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

Design and development

The J230 is a two-seat development of the four-seat Jabiru J430, optimized for the US light-sport category, which is restricted to two seats. The J230 uses the same wings and fuselage as the J430, but deletes the back seats, leaving a large baggage compartment. While the J430 has a gross weight of, the J230 is restricted to a gross weight of.
The J230 features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with a large rear baggage compartment, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The cockpit is wide
The aircraft is made from composites. Its span wing has an area of and mounts flaps. The aircraft's recommended installed engine power and the standard engine used is the Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 600 hours. The design is approved for night flying.
The J230 has a standard empty weight of, which combined with a full fuel capacity of and a gross weight of leaves for crew, passenger and cargo with full fuel.
The J230 is listed on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.

Operational history

By December 2011 one hundred examples had been registered and flown worldwide.

Specifications (J230)