Bailey-Moyes Tempest

Tempest
Role Glider
National origin Australia and the United States
Manufacturer Moyes Microlights
Designer Bob Bailey
Status Production completed
Number built 12 (2001)
Unit cost
US$12,500 (complete aircraft, 1998)
Developed from Advanced Aeromarine Sierra

The Bailey-Moyes Tempest, is an Australian-American high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, microlift glider that was designed by Bob Bailey of Florida, United States and produced by Moyes Microlights of Waverley, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Design and development

The Tempest is a development of the Advanced Aeromarine Sierra and was designed to be towed aloft behind an ultralight aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5]

The aircraft's 42 ft (12.8 m) span wing is made from aluminium tubing covered in Dacron and is supported by a single lift strut on each side, plus a jury strut. The fuselage is made from fiberglass and features a canopy that is hinged on one side for cockpit access. The cockpit is 22 in (56 cm) wide. The landing gear is either a monowheel gear or, optionally, bicycle gear.[1][5]

Although very light, with a standard empty weight of 200 lb (91 kg), the Tempest does not qualify under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles regulations as a hang glider, neither is it foot-launchable. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit, that required an estimated 200 hours to complete, or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft. In 1998 the kit was US$10,000 and the complete aircraft was US$12,500. Twelve were reported as flying by the end of 2001.[1][4][5]

Aircraft on display

Specifications (Tempest)

Data from Purdy, Bertrand and KitPlanes[1][2][4][5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 20 ft (6.1 m)
  • Wingspan: 42 ft (13 m)
  • Height: 5 ft (1.5 m)
  • Wing area: 150 sq ft (14 m2)
  • Aspect ratio: 12:1
  • Empty weight: 200 lb (91 kg)
  • Gross weight: 400 lb (181 kg)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h; 78 kn)
  • Stall speed: 27 mph; 23 kn (43 km/h)
  • Maximum glide ratio: 23:1 at 37 mph (60 km/h)
  • Rate of sink: 170 ft/min (0.86 m/s) at 25 mph (40 km/h)
  • Wing loading: 2.67 lb/sq ft (13.0 kg/m2)

See also

Related lists

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 311. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 3 Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 57. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. 1 2 Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 32. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  4. 1 2 3 4 Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 25. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 58. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  6. ↑ Massey Air Museum (2011). "Airplanes you can see at the Museum". Retrieved 26 September 2011.
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