Lake Buccaneer

Buccaneer

Role	Four-seat light amphibious aircraft
Manufacturer	Lake Aircraft
Designer	David Thurston
First flight	1950s
Number built	1000+
Developed from	Colonial Skimmer
Variants	Lake Renegade

1977 LA-4-200 Landing

The Lake Buccaneer is an American four-seat, light amphibious aircraft originally developed as the Colonial C-2 Skimmer, itself a development of the two-seat Colonial C-1 Skimmer.

Development

The C-2 Skimmer was developed in the late 1940s as a four-seat variant of the earlier C-1 Skimmer. It is a cantilever, shoulder-wing monoplane amphibian with a single-step all-metal hull with retractable tricycle landing gear. It is powered by an Avco Lycoming piston engine in pusher configuration, pylon-mounted above the hull.

The manufacturing rights were acquired by the Lake Aircraft Corporation in October 1959 and the aircraft was built as the LA-4, Lake Amphibian with a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming engine. This further developed into the Lake Buccaneer which was essentially the same airframe with a 200 hp (149 kW) fuel injected engine. A variant called the EP (extended prop) added an additional cargo door and rear engine cowling. A six-seat development with a lengthened hull was named Renegade, this had a 250 hp (186 kW) and a turbocharged 270 hp (201 kW) engine. A military version was called the Seawolf.

Variants

LA-4-200: Lycoming IO-360 A1B 200HP

LA-4-200 EP

LA-4-200-EP: Lycoming IO-360 A1B6 200HP Standard fuel floats ^[1]

Specifications (LA-4-200 Buccaneer)

Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. pp. 2279–80.

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: three passengers
Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
Height: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Wing area: 170 ft² (15.79 m²)
Empty weight: 1555 lb (705 kg)
Gross weight: 2690 lb (1220 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Avco Lycoming IO-360-B1A piston engine, 200 hp (149 kW)

Performance

Cruise speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
Range: 825 miles (1328 km)
Service ceiling: 14,700 ft (4480 m)

References

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. pp. 2279–80.

↑ "Lake Amphibians". Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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Lake Aircraft

Aircraft	Colonial Skimmer LA-4-200 LA-4-250/270

Companies	Colonial Aircraft Corporation Lake Aircraft

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