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Avid Aircraft Magnum

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Top speed
  
241 km/h

Wingspan
  
10 m

Length
  
6.4 m

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Manufacturers
  
Airdale Sportplane and Supply, Avid Aircraft

The Avid Aircraft Magnum is an American two-seat homebuilt cabin monoplane which was designed and sold as kits by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho.

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Design and development

The Magnum is a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with a welded steel tube fuselage, the wings have aluminium spars and wooden ribs covered with Ceconite. The Magnum was sold without an engine and was designed for a range of Lycoming engines from 115 to 180 hp (86 to 134 kW), for example the Lycoming O-235, O-320 or the O-360. The enclosed cabin has side-by-side configuration seating for two with an option for an additional seat in the baggage area for two children or a small adult. It has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and some are fitted with floats.

By 2010 the aircraft was back in production by the Airdale Flyer Company of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Specifications (fitted with an 160hp O-320 engine)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
  • Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 1¼ in (1.86 m)
  • Wing area: 140.25 ft2 (13.03 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1025 lb (465 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1750 lb (794 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 four cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 160 hp (119 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 130 mph (209 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 36 mph (58 km/h)
  • Service ceiling: 17500 ft (5335 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)

    • References

    Avid Aircraft Magnum Wikipedia
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