TYPE: Side-by-side ultralight kitbuilt.
PROGRAMME: Prototype (OK-IUO 11) flying by 2005.
DESIGN FEATURES: Approximately two-thirds scale replica of Cessna 182 Skylane intended for touring and glider towing. High wing braced by single streamlined strut each side; constant chord inboard; trapezoidal outboard. Sweptback fin and low-mounted tailplane.
Wing section MS(1)-313, semi-laminar. Tailplane section NACA 0012.
FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Mass-balanced ailerons and horn-balanced fin and elevator. Slotted flaps, electrically actuated, with fixed 13, 29 and 37° settings. Ailerons and elevator actuated by pushrods; rudder by cables.
STRUCTURE: Glass fibre fuselage with integral fin; acrylic windows. Wooden wing; main spar at 37 per cent chord, with torsion box ahead containing fuel tanks in constant-chord section and with plywood covering in trapezoidal section. Wooden ribs and short auxiliary spar, fabric-covered, behind main spar. Ailerons and flaps with plywood and fabric covering; tailplane similar.
LANDING GEAR: Tricycle type; fixed. Fuselage-mounted cantilever spring mainwheel legs; trailing-link nosewheel damped by helical steel spring and oleo.
POWER PLANT: One piston engine of between 37.3 and 74.6 kW (50 and 100 hp) driving fixed- or variable-pitch propeller up to 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) diameter. Prototype with 58.8 kW (78.9 hp) Rotax 912. Fuel tanks in wings, combined capacity 70 litres (18.5 US gallons; 15.4 Imp gallons).
DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:
- Wing span: 8.95 m (29 ft 4¼ in)
- Length overall: 6.65 m (21 ft 9¾ in)
- Height overall: 1.99 m (6 ft 6¼ in)
AREAS:
- Wings, gross: 10.57 m² (113.8 sq ft)
WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:
- Weight empty (average): 245 kg (540 lb)
- Max T-O weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
PERFORMANCE (74.6 kW; 100 hp engine):
- Max cruising speed: 97 kt (180 km/h; 112 mph)
- Stalling speed: 36 kt (65 km/h; 41 mph)
- Max rate of climb at S/L: 360 m (1,180 ft)/min
- Range: 540 n miles (1,000 km; 621 miles)
- g limits: +4/-2
