Avid Aircraft Magnum
| Magnum | |
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| Role | Two-seat cabin monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Avid Aircraft Airdale Flyer Company |
| Status | In production (2010) |
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The Avid Aircraft Magnum is an American two-seat homebuilt cabin monoplane which was designed and sold as kits by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho.
Design and development
The Magnum is a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with a welded steel tube fuselage, the wings have aluminium spars and wooden ribs covered with Ceconite.[1] The Magnum was sold without an engine and was designed for a range of Lycoming engines from 115 to 180 hp (86 to 134 kW), for example the Lycoming O-235, O-320 or the O-360.[1] The enclosed cabin has side-by-side configuration seating for two with an option for an additional seat in the baggage area for two children or a small adult.[1] It has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and some are fitted with floats.[1]
By 2010 the aircraft was back in production by the Airdale Flyer Company of Rhinelander, Wisconsin.[2]
Specifications (fitted with an 160hp O-320 engine)
Data from [1]Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
- Height: 6 ft 1¼ in (1.86 m)
- Wing area: 140.25 ft2 (13.03 m2)
- Empty weight: 1025 lb (465 kg)
- Gross weight: 1750 lb (794 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 four cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 160 hp (119 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 130 mph (209 km/h)
- Stall speed: 36 mph (58 km/h)
- Service ceiling: 17500 ft (5335 m)
- Rate of climb: 1500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
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Notes
Bibliography
- Paul Jackson, ed. (1995). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996. Jane's Information Group Limited. ISBN 0-7106-1262-1.