Top speed 193 km/h Length 4.46 m | Wingspan 8.38 m | |
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Monnett moni motorglider
The Monnett Moni is a sport aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s and marketed for homebuilding.
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Designed by John Monnett, who coined the term "Air Recreation Vehicle" to describe it, it was a single-seat motorglider with a low, cantilever wing and a V-tail. Construction was of metal throughout, and it was intended to be easy and inexpensive to build and fly. Like many sailplanes, the main undercarriage was a single monowheel, which in this case was mounted in a streamlined fairing beneath the fuselage and was not retractable, with a steerable tailwheel behind it. Builders were also given the option of constructing their example with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Power was provided by a small two-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled engine.
Examples of the Moni are on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, and the EAA AirVenture Museum.
Monnett moni rc plane
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