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First flight
  
April 7, 2015

Manufacturer
  
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The Glasair Merlin is a light-sport aircraft under development by Chinese-owned, United States-based Glasair Aviation. It will be supplied as a ready-to-fly Special LSA aircraft.

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The aircraft first flew on 7 April 2015 at Arlington, Washington and was accepted as a light-sport aircraft in late March 2016.

Design and development

Introduced in 2014, the Merlin LSA is a high-wing, two seats in side-by-side configuration, tricycle gear aircraft of all-composite construction. Avionics include a Dynon Skyview touch. A ballistic parachute is optional.

The aircraft will sell for US$139,000 for a well-equipped model. The design will carry two people and full fuel and is intended for use as a trainer and personal aircraft.

Specifications (Merlin LSA)

Data from Flying

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 iS horizontally opposed, fuel injected, piston aircraft engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed
  • Avionics

  • Dynon Skyview
  • References

    Glasair Merlin LSA Wikipedia


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