TechProAviation Merlin 100
| Merlin 100 | |
|---|---|
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| The prototype Merlin 100 | |
| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | Czech Republic |
| Manufacturer | TechProAviation |
| Introduction | 2011 |
| Status | In production (2012) |
| Unit cost |
€5,000 (kit, less engine, 2011) |
The TechProAviation Merlin 100 is a Czech amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by TechProAviation of Olomouc. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[1]
Design and development
The Merlin 100 features a cantilever high-wing, a single-seat enclosed open cockpit accessed via a single door on the fuselage righthand side, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from matched-hole drilled sheet aluminum. Its 7.8 m (25.6 ft) span wing has an area of 7.05 m2 (75.9 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine used is the 35 hp (26 kW) Verner JCV 360 twin cylinder four-stroke powerplant. Alternative engines include the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke, 50 hp (37 kW) Hirth F-23 and 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplants. The aircraft will be marketed as a kit only.[1][2]
By mid-2011 only the prototype had flown, logging 100 hours of testing.[1]
Variants
- Merlin 100 UL
- Version for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class[2]
- Merlin 100 ML
- Proposed lightened version for the German 120 kg (265 lb) class[3]
Specifications (Merlin 100 UL)
Data from Bayerl and TechProAviation[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
- Height: 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 7.05 m2 (75.9 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 150 kg (331 lb)
- Gross weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Verner JCV 360 twin cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 26 kW (35 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed composite
Performance
- Cruising speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
- Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn) flaps down
- Never exceed speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
- Wing loading: 42.5 kg/m2 (8.7 lb/sq ft)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 123. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 TechProAviation (2011). "Merlin 100 UL". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
- ↑ TechProAviation (2011). "Merlin 100 ML". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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