SINGLE-ENGINE PISTON
Jabiru J160-C
One model from CASA type certificate data sheet VA515. Every figure below is quoted from the sheet. Open any “Source” to see the words it comes from.
THE DATA SHEET
- Authority
- Civil Aviation Safety Authority (Australia)
- Sheet
- Type Certificate Data Sheet VA515
- Revision
- 2
- Date
- Revision date not legible in the scan; type certificate issued 21 December 2005
- Holder
- Avtech Pty Ltd
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab) (CASA website licence)
Scanned sheet. This sheet is a scanned image, and the text we store was read by OCR. We use only values whose label and figure sit together on a clean line. Check the PDF before relying on any value.
Performance figures (stall speeds, take-off and landing distances, climb, cruise and fuel burn) are in the aircraft's flight manual (POH/AFM), which we cannot reproduce. Always use the flight manual for the aircraft you fly.
Attribution: Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Type Certificate Data Sheet VA515, Revision 2, licensed under CC BY 4.0. We changed the material: we selected values, set them out in our own layout, and quote from our stored text copy described below.
How we copied the sheet. Quotes are from our stored text copy of the scanned sheet, read by OCR. We converted maths markup to symbols, removed repeated table labels and marked table cells with |. Check the original PDF before relying on any figure.
Models not shown. The sheet covers one model, and it is included.
SPEC SHEET
Jabiru J160-C: J160-C
The sheet's heading for this modelJabiru J160-C, Primary Category
Source for the model heading
JABIRU J160-C Primary Category - approved 21 December 2005.
Engine
- Engine
- Jabiru 2200C, or Jabiru 2200B on earlier serial numbers
Source for Engine
S/Nos 029 through 254 had a Jabiru 2200B engine installed during production. S/Nos 255 and upwards have a Jabiru 2200C engine installed during production.
- Rated power
Not in the type certificate data sheet
- Engine speed limit
Left out. The scan interleaves two columns on the engine limits line, so we have not used it.
- Propeller
- Avtech Pty Ltd C000242-D60P42 or 4A401A0D, two-blade wooden fixed pitch
Source for Propeller
Propeller Avtech Pty Ltd, Part Number C000242-D60P42 or 4A401A0D, 2-blade wooden fixed pitch.
Fuel and oil
- Fuel capacity
Left out. The scan cuts the labels on the fuel lines, so we cannot be sure which figure is total and which is usable.
- Usable fuel
Left out. The scan cuts the labels on the fuel lines, so we cannot be sure which figure is total and which is usable.
- Oil capacity
Left out. The scan shows the heading with no value beside it.
Weights and loading
- Maximum weight
- Primary category540 kgtake-off and landing
Source for Maximum weight, Primary category
Maximum Weight Take Off 540kg Landing 540kg
- Seats
- 2
Source for Seats
Number of Seats 2 fixed
- Baggage limit
- 36 kgbehind the seatThe sheet also allows baggage on the passenger seat.
Source for Baggage limit
Total weight of baggage behind the seat is not to exceed 36 kg.
- C.G. range
- Forward limit 180 mm aft of datum at 440 kg or less and 233 mm aft of datum at 540 kg, linear between; aft limit 292 mm aft of datum at all weights
Source for C.G. range
Forward Limit 180 mm aft of datum (18.2% mac) at 440kg or less. 233 mm aft of datum (23.6% mac) at 540 kg. Variation is linear between 440 kg and 540 kg. Aft Limit 292 mm aft of datum (29.5% mac) at all weights.
Airspeed limits
- Never exceed speed (Vne)
- 140 kt IAS
Source for Never exceed speed (Vne)
Air Speed Limits (knots IAS) | Never Exceed | 140 KIAS
- Maximum structural cruising speed (Vno)
Not in the type certificate data sheet
- Manoeuvring speed (Va)
- 112 kt IAS
Source for Manoeuvring speed (Va)
Manoeuvring | 112 KIAS
- Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
- 84 kt IAS
Source for Maximum flap extended speed (Vfe)
Max flaps extended | 84 KIAS
Reference
- Datum
- Root leading edge of mainplane
Source for Datum
Datum Root leading edge of mainplane.
- Certification basis
- CS VLA (per EASA Decision 2003/18/RM, dated 14 November 2003)
Source for Certification basis
CS VLA (per EASA Decision 2003/18/RM, dated 14 November 2003).
COCKPIT
The J160-C limits on an airspeed indicator
Where the sheet gives them in knots, the dial shows Vne as a red line, the caution range from Vno to Vne as a yellow arc, a green tick at Vno and white ticks at the flap limit speeds (Vfe). The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, and the stall speeds where the green and white arcs start are not in it.
- Airspeed indicator
- Attitude indicator
- Altimeter
- Turn coordinator
- Heading indicator
- Vertical speed indicator
- Tachometer
- Oil temperature
- Oil pressure
- Fuel quantity
- Suction gauge
What the dial shows
- Red line: never exceed speed (Vne)140 kt IAS
Source for the red line
Air Speed Limits (knots IAS) | Never Exceed | 140 KIAS
- White tick: Vfe, a flap limit speed84 kt IAS
Source for the white tick
Max flaps extended | 84 KIAS
- Marks are drawn at the sheet's speeds in knots IAS.
- There is no yellow arc and no green tick because we have no Vno in knots from this sheet.
- White tick marks the flap limit speed (Vfe) the sheet gives. The sheet gives flap limits, not instrument markings, so the flight manual says where this aircraft's white arc ends.
- The low ends of the white and green arcs are stall speeds. They come from the flight manual, so we have left them unmarked.
The other instruments are drawn at rest and are not linked to this aircraft. Learn what each instrument shows in the cockpit explorer.
For learning only. Not for flight planning or use in flight. Figures are certification limits from Civil Aviation Safety Authority, Type Certificate Data Sheet VA515, Revision 2, retrieved 31 October 2026. Conversions marked “converted” are our own arithmetic. No manufacturer images are used. The instruments are drawn by us. Back to all aircraft.