Icon A5 Vs Super Petrel. The SeaMax was at Oshkosh too this year. The Super Petrel performs with a climb rate of 1000 fpm a cruise speed of 100 knots and a useful load of better than 550 pounds.
Around 1800 pilots have invested in delivery positions for the highly-anticipated ICON A5 Light-Sport amphibian which by all accounts is a great little seaplane. They have a reputation for ease of use economy and performance. The Super Petrel LS utilizes the Rotax engine models 912 ULS 912 iS and 914 UL with digital panel.
The cockpit more resembles a car dash than what it does your regular aircraft.
January 11 2018 by Tom Snow. When Icon came out of the ground in 2008 it proposed the A5 a sporty amphibious light sport airplane that would appeal to motor- and extreme-sports enthusiasts. The Super Petrel LS utilizes the Rotax engine models 912 ULS 912 iS and 914 UL with digital panel. But the company struggled with a long developmental period and serial production has been slow to materialize.
