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Jurca Sirocco

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Top speed
  
320 km/h

Length
  
6.2 m

Wingspan
  
7.34 m

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The Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco (named for the Sirocco wind) is a two-seat sport aircraft designed in France in the early 1960s and marketed for homebuilding. It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from Romainian born designer Marcel Jurca. Jurca, a Henschel Hs 129 pilot in World War II marketed the plans in Canada and America through Falconar Aviation. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration and wooden construction throughout. The tandem seats are enclosed by a bubble canopy, and the tailwheel undercarriage can be built as either fixed or with retractable main units. Marcel Jurca died on 19 October 2001, at which time plans were still available from the designer's web site.

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Variants

MJ-5
Basic variant
MJ-50 Windy
All-metal version with retractable landing gear (never built)
MJ-51 Sperocco
("Special Sirocco") - performance version with wing taken from Jurca Gnatsum
MJ-52 Zéphyr
(English: Zephyr wind) - utility version with converted Volkswagen automotive engine or Continental A65
MJ-53 Autan
(English: Autan wind) - version with side-by-side seating - 2 built
MJ-55 Biso
(English: Biso wind) - 1 built)

Specifications (typical MJ.5)

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 6.20 m (20.6 ft 2 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.34 m (24.5 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 10.0 m2 (108 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 430 kg (947 lb)
  • Gross weight: 920 kg (2,030 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320, 110 kW (150 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 320 km/h (199 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 240 km/h (149 mph)
  • Stall speed: 105 km/h (65 mph)
  • Range: 1,300 km (800 miles)
  • Endurance: 4 hours  20 min
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
  • G limits: +6/-3

    • References

    Jurca Sirocco Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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