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Jurca 1 Nine 0

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Top speed
  
260 km/h

Length
  
6.63 m

Wingspan
  
7.87 m

The Jurca MJ-8 1-Nine-0 is a sport aircraft designed in France in the mid 1970s as a replica of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 and marketed for homebuilding. It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from Romainian born designer Marcel Jurca. Jurca was a Henschel Hs 129 pilot in World War II who started designing aircraft after building a Jodel Plans for two versions were produced, the MJ-8, at 3/4 scale, and the MJ-80, at full-scale. Construction throughout is of wood, and the builder may choose to complete the aircraft with either a single seat or two seats in tandem. The plans were marketed by Falconar and later Jurca Plans West.

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Variants

  • MJ-8 - 3/4 scale version
  • MJ-80 - full-scale version. Powered with a 310 hp Continental GIO-470 or equivalent.

    • Specifications (typical MJ-8)

    Data from Air Trails

    General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Length: 6.63 m (21 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.87 m (25 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 10.2 m2 (110 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 400 kg (880 lb)
  • Gross weight: 626 kg (1,380 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × various radial or horizontally-opposed engines, 120 kW (160 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 8.4 m/s (1,650 ft/min)

    • References

    Jurca 1-Nine-0 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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