Normand Dube Aerocruiser 450 Turbo
Aerocruiser 450 Turbo | |
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Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
National origin | Canada |
Manufacturer | Aviation Normand Dube |
Designer | Normand Dube |
Introduction | 1997 |
Status | In production (2015) |
Number built | one prototype |
Developed from | Norman Dube Aerocruiser Plus |
The Normand Dube Aerocruiser 450 Turbo is a six-seat Canadian amateur-built aircraft, designed by Normand Dube and produced by Aviation Normand Dube of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. The aircraft is a development of the four-seat Norman Dube Aerocruiser Plus.[1][2]
Design and development
The Aerocruiser 450 Turbo features a strut-braced high-wing, a six-seat enclosed cabin accessed by doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]
The aircraft is made with a welded 4130 steel tubing fuselage and a riveted 2024 aluminum wing. Its 39.25 ft (12.0 m) span wing has an area of 207 sq ft (19.2 m2) and mounts flaps. The engine used on the prototype is a 450 hp (336 kW) turbocharged, geared and fuel-injected Lycoming TIGO-541 four-stroke powerplant.[1][2][3]
Operational history
Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as "a two-ton giant".[1][2]
By March 2017, one example, the prototype, had been registered with Transport Canada.[4]
Specifications (Aerocruiser 450 Turbo)
Data from Bayerl, Tacke and the manufacturer[1][2][3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: five passengers
- Length: 35 ft (11 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 3 in (11.96 m)
- Height: 14 ft 1 in (4.29 m) (tail level)
- Wing area: 207 sq ft (19.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 3,040 lb (1,379 kg)
- Gross weight: 4,650 lb (2,109 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 522 litres (115 imp gal; 138 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming TIGO-541 six cylinder, air-cooled, turbocharged, geared and fuel-injected four stroke aircraft engine, 450 hp (340 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed Hartzell Propeller
Performance
- Cruise speed: 200 kn (230 mph; 370 km/h) at 75% power and 25,000 feet
- Stall speed: 54 kn (62 mph; 100 km/h)
- Range: 1,400 nmi (1,611 mi; 2,593 km)
- Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (11,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,800 ft/min (9.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 13.6 lb/sq ft (66.4 kg/m2)
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- 1 2 3 4 5 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- 1 2 Saint-Georges, Richard. "L'Aerocruiser Turbo 450 Quelques chiffres" (PDF). aviationnormanddube.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ↑ Transport Canada (31 March 2017). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 31 March 2017.