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Norman Dube Aerocruiser

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Top speed
  
185 km/h

First flight
  
1985

Wingspan
  
9.75 m

Manufacturer
  
Aviation Normande Dube


The Normand Dube Aerocruiser is a Canadian single-engined two-seat bushplane designed and built as kits for homebuilding by Norman Dube.

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Design

The Aerocruiser is a high-wing braced monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear, the wheels can be quickly changed to skis if required. It has a welded steel tube fuselage and metal aluminium riveted wings and can take a variety of mainly Rotax piston engines.

Variants

Aerocruiser
Two-seat version with a gross weight of 1,232 lb (559 kg) powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS engine, for the Canadian advanced ultralight category.
Aerocruiser Plus
Four-seat version with a gross weight of 2,200 lb (998 kg) powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 engine.
Aerocruiser 450 Turbo
Six-seat version with a gross weight of 4,650 lb (2,109 kg) powered by a 450 hp (336 kW) Lycoming TIGO-541 engine.

Specifications (Aerocruiser 912S)

Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Wingspan: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 15 m2 (160 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 240 kg (529 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS horizontally-opposed, four-cylinder, piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 136 km/h (85 mph; 73 kn)
  • Minimum control speed: 52 km/h (32 mph; 28 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)

    • References

    Norman Dube Aerocruiser Wikipedia
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