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Lucas L5

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Top speed
  
260 km/h

Length
  
6.3 m

Wingspan
  
9.2 m

First flight
  
August 13, 1976

The Lucas L5 was a sport aircraft designed in France in the late 1970s and marketed for amateur construction. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with side-by-side seating for two in a fully enclosed cabin. Construction was of metal throughout, and the builder was given the option of fixed, tricycle undercarriage, or tailwheel undercarriage in which the main units were manually retractable.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 494

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 11.9 m2 (128 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 505 kg (1,113 lb)
  • Gross weight: 946 kg (2,086 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235, 86 kW (115 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph)
  • Range: 1,000 km (620 miles)
  • Rate of climb: 5.0 m/s (985 ft/min)

    • References

    Lucas L5 Wikipedia
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