Range 1,668 km Cruise speed 242 km/h Length 8.64 m Engine type Lycoming O-540 | Top speed 258 km/h Wingspan 12 m | |
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Lake renegade 250 amphib kilarney ontario
The Lake LA-250 Renegade is a six-seat amphibious utility aircraft produced in the United States since 1982.
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Design and development
The Renegade is a lengthened and more powerful version of the Lake Buccaneer, with which it shares its type certificate, and which it replaced in production. In turn, it gave rise to a number of variants, including the militarised LA-250 Seawolf, the turbocharged LA-270 Turbo Renegade, and the LA-270 Seafury optimised for marine environments. Like the Buccaneer, it is a conventional mid-wing design with retractable tricycle undercarriage and a single engine mounted pusher-fashion in a pod on a pylon above the fuselage.
The Seawolf version was designed for light maritime patrol duties and features a hardpoint under each wing to carry external stores, including bombs, rocket pods, gun pods, or rescue equipment. Provision for a radar unit was made on the forward end of the engine pod. The Seafury includes improved anti-corrosion measures and a hardened interior to improve its servicability in saltwater environments, as well as a storage compartment carrying survival gear.
Operational history
In 1988 Peter Foster and Robert Mann piloted a Turbo Lake Renagade to an altitude of 24,500 feet, setting a new world record for altitude and sustained flight at altitude for single-engine seaplanes.
Variants
Specifications (LA-250)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1984–85, 431 and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage
General characteristics
Performance
