Druine Turbi

D.5 Turbi
Druine Turbi at the Shuttleworth Collection
Role Recreational aircraft
Manufacturer Falconar Avia
Designer Roger Druine
First flight c. 1953

The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of the Druine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.

The aircraft is now marketed as plans and as a kit by Falconar Avia of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]


Design

The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons.[2]

Specifications (Druine D.5 Turbi)

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 6.89 m (22 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.77 m (28 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 12.9 m2 (139 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 270 kg (594 lb)
  • Gross weight: 500 kg (1,100 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Beaussier-converted Citroën automobile engine, 37 kW (50 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 154 km/h (96 mph)
  • Range: 640 km (400 miles)
  • Rate of climb: 2.4 m/s (480 ft/min)

References

  1. ↑ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. ↑ experimenter. October 1957. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 347.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 892 Sheet 47.
  • "Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi". Flight: 443–45. 8 April 1955. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
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