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Militi M.B.2 Leonardo

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Top speed
  
116 km/h

Length
  
5.91 m

Wingspan
  
8.14 m

The Militi M.B.2 Leonardo is an Italian single-seat powered flying-boat glider designed and built by Bruno Militi.

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Design and development

A powered version of Militi's M.B.1 flying-boat glider the Leonardo is a parasol-wing monoplane with a two-step hull and a fuselage of aluminium alloy, wood and fibreglass. The mixed construction wing is supported by two N-struts in the centre and a vee-strut outboard on each side, it has plain ailerons but no flaps. The pilot has an open cockpit with a small windscreen. The 42 hp (31 kW) modified Panhard motor car engine is strut-mounted above the wing centre section and drives a two-bladed fixted-pitch laminated wood pusher propeller. The aircraft was first flown on 21 June 1970 and was exhibited at the 1972 Turin Air Show.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1994-95

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 5.91 m (19 ft 4¾ in)
  • Wingspan: 8.14 m (26 ft 8½ in)
  • Width: 0.90 m (2 ft 11½½ in)
  • Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 2½ in)
  • Wing area: 11.40 m2 (122.7 ft2)
  • Aspect ratio: 5.7
  • Empty weight: 145 kg (319 lb)
  • Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Modified Panhard two-cylinder four-stroke air-cooled motor car engine, 31 kW (42 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 116 km/h (73 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 80 km/h (50 mph)
  • Stall speed: 55 km/h (34.5 mph)
  • Range: 200 km (124 miles)
  • Endurance: 2 hours  30 min
  • Service ceiling: 4000 m (13125 ft)

    • References

    Militi M.B.2 Leonardo Wikipedia
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