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SITAR GY 100 Bagheera

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Wingspan
  
8.2 m

Designer
  
Yves Gardan

Length
  
6.1 m

The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s. Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage. The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration. Construction was of metal throughout.

Type certification was granted in 1971, and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR. However, with the oil crisis looming and after the prototype disintegrated in flight, Gardan abandoned development. Only two examples were built.

Specifications

Data from "GY100 BAGHEERA", except as noted

General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: three passengers
  • Length: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 12.6 m2 (136 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 510 kg (1,100 lb)
  • Gross weight: 900 kg (2,000 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 (derated), 101 kW (135 hp)
  • Performance

  • Cruising speed: 205 km/h (128 mph)
  • Range: 850 km (530 miles)
  • References

    SITAR GY-100 Bagheera Wikipedia


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