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InterPlane Starboy

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The InterPlane Starboy was a proposed Czech homebuilt aircraft designed by InterPlane Aircraft of Zbraslavice. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction, but none seem to have been built.

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Design and development

The Starboy design featured a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft was to have been constructed of a combination of aluminum and composite materials. Its 8.0 m (26.2 ft) span wing would have had a wing area of 12.41 m2 (133.6 sq ft). The standard engine proposed was the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL.

The aircraft was to have a typical empty weight of 245 kg (540 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (990 lb), giving a useful load of 205 kg (452 lb). With full fuel of 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) the payload for pilot, passenger and baggage would have been 169 kg (373 lb).

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the planned kit as 500 hours.

Specifications (Starboy)

Data from AeroCrafter

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 7.56 m (24.80 ft)
  • Wingspan: 10.49 m (34.40 ft)
  • Wing area: 12.41 m2 (133.6 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 8.8:1
  • Empty weight: 245 kg (540 lb)
  • Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 km/h; 119 kn (137 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 150 km/h; 81 kn (93 mph)
  • Stall speed: 55 km/h; 30 kn (34 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 7.04 m/s (1,386 ft/min)
  • Wing loading: 36 kg/m2 (7.4 lb/sq ft)

    • References

    InterPlane Starboy Wikipedia
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