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Didier Pti'tAvion

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Top speed
  
175 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Didier ULM

Wingspan
  
9.4 m

The Didier Pti'tAvion (English: Small Airplane) is a French ultralight aircraft that was designed and produced by Didier ULM of Francheval. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

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Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made predominantly from welded steel tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.40 m (30.8 ft) span wing, has an area of 15.04 m2 (161.9 sq ft) and it constructed using a welded steel tube lattice spar, aluminium tube ribs and a laminate leading edge. The standard engine is the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL four-stroke powerplant. The cockpit is 1.15 m (45.3 in) wide and is intended to accommodate "bulky crew".

The aircraft comes with its own open-frame trailer for ground transport.

Specifications (Pti'tAvion)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 9.40 m (30 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 15.04 m2 (161.9 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 275 kg (606 lb)
  • Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 53 litres (12 imp gal; 14 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed composite

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph; 94 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph; 81 kn)
  • Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)

    • References

    Didier Pti'tAvion Wikipedia
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