JPM 03 Loiret
| JPM 03 Loiret | |
|---|---|
| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Avions Jean-Pierre Marie (JPM) |
| Designer | Jean-Pierre Marie |
| Status | Plans available (2012) |
| Unit cost |
€400 (2011) |
| Developed from | JPM 01 Médoc |
The JPM 03 Loiret is a French amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Jean-Pierre Marie and produced by Avions Jean-Pierre Marie (JPM) of Le Mesnil-Esnard. The aircraft is a development of the JPM 01 Médoc and is supplied as plans for amateur construction.[1]
The aircraft is named for the French community of Loiret.
Design and development
The Loiret features a cantilever low wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from steel tube with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 7.72 m (25.3 ft) span wing has an area of 8.49 m2 (91.4 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The Loiret was designed specifically to use only the 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200 four-stroke powerplant.[1]
The aircraft can be built with a single-piece wing or a three-piece folding wing. With the wings folded the resulting width is 2.36 m (7.7 ft), permitting ground transport or storage.[2]
Specifications (JPM 03 Loiret)
Data from Bayerl and JPM[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 7.72 m (25 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 8.49 m2 (91.4 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
- Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 60 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Jabiru 2200 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden
Performance
- Maximum speed: 221 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn)
- Cruising speed: 198 km/h (123 mph; 107 kn)
- Stall speed: 64 km/h (40 mph; 35 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 275 km/h (171 mph; 148 kn)
- Endurance: 3 hours, plus 50 minute reserve
- Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
- g limits: +3.5/–1.5
- Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)
- Rate of sink: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min) at 90 km/h (55.9 mph)
- Wing loading: 53.0 kg/m2 (10.9 lb/sq ft)