Tecnam P2006T

This is a fact..my plane was intented to take people on sightseeing and land on frozen lakes etc.

But I got mixed up with lbs and kg when doing the thrust calculation with propeller and engine power. I have a new top speed at 289 km/h (180 mph ).
262 km/h ( 163 mph ) for the 75% power. Even at the economy cruise it will go 200 km/h ( 125 mph ). Well thanks for bringing this up…I might have forgotten the whole project, but now it started to look good again.

:rolleyes:

It also means that it would take 37,5 hours to beat Dick Rutan record from 1979 ( Anghorage Alaska to Turks Island ) using 419 kilos of fuel…leaving just 450 also for the aeroplane to keep it under 1000 kg with 2 pilots ( I may have to modify it a bit …when knowing how tight it goes ).

No need to check, those are real-life numbers directly from the horse’s mouth.

Many consider the Tecnam slow however, at around 130 Kts in the cruise. Your concept aircraft – even if it did get off the drawing board – would perhaps please designers and environmentalists but not those using it for transport. 90 Kts cruise is for fun and recreation only.

I checked the ULS 912 engine specs and that is about right.

At 30% power the engines would only burn 16 liters ( 8 l each )…I actually designed a 9 seater ultralite transport concept based on this fact ( speed at 30% would be 101 mph ( 163 km/h )). Burning only amazing 1,1 liter / passenger / 100 km.

My local flying school has one, and it is indeed a VERY cool aircraft. It’s allegedly as easy to fly as a C172, consumes only 40 litres of MOGAS (not expensive AVGAS) per hour in the cruise, and operates with ease in and out of our 400 m paved runway. I also think of it as the spiritual successor to the Gemini.

Miles Gemini is cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Gemini

Wasn’t there a czech design pretty similar too ?

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Aero 45 with 7 occupant ( max ).

http://www.aviastar.org/air/czech/aero-45.php

On the face of it, a similar spec to the Miles Gemini, but more reliable motors and less of a handful in a crosswind.

It is like half sized DH89 in many respect..a tad faster. Wing area per occupant is pretty close too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide

We have one where I instruct. It’s a great, cheap aeroplane but not a good load carrier. Also the long term build quality has yet to be tested for use as a ME/IR trainer. Time will tell.