Nexus Mustang

Nexus Mustang
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin Canada
Designer Richard Eaves

The Nexus Mustang is a two place homebuilt aircraft designed around the construction techniques of the Midget Mustang.

Design and development

Designer Dick Eaves used his experience builting a Baby Ace, Skyhopper II, Wittman Tailwinds, Wag-Aero CUBys, and a Midget Mustang to develop a new two seat tandem homebuilt design.[1]

The aircraft uses and all aluminum construction with fiberglass nose cowling. The tail surfaces and spar extrusion are modeled after a Mustang II.[2]

Operational history

A Nexus Mustang won first place in the Plans built Category at Sun 'n Fun in 2004 and Bronze Lindy at EAA AirVenture 2004.[2]

Specifications (Nexus Mustang)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 8.53 m2 (91.8 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: GA37A-214
  • Empty weight: 492 kg (1,085 lb)
  • Gross weight: 771 kg (1,700 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360-C1A , 130 kW (180 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich 72FNB S16-1-85

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 386 km/h; 209 kn (240 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 338 km/h; 182 kn (210 mph)
  • Stall speed: 101 km/h; 55 kn (63 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 8.6 m/s (1,700 ft/min) At gross

References

  1. ↑ "Nexus Mustang". Archived from the original on 13 October 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Sport Aviation. November 2004. Missing or empty |title= (help)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.