Druine Turbi
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The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of the Druine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.
| D.5 Turbi | |
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| Druine Turbi at the Shuttleworth Collection | |
| General information | |
| Type | Recreational aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Falconar Avia |
| Designer | |
| History | |
| First flight | c. 1953 |
The aircraft was marketed as plans and as a kit by Falconar Avia of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Plans are now supplied by Manna Aviation of Australia.[1][2]
Design
The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons.[3]
Specifications (Druine D.5 Turbi)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62,[4] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[5]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 13.50 m2 (145.3 sq ft)
- Airfoil: NACA 23012
- Empty weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
- Gross weight: 495 kg (1,091 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Beaussier air-cooled 4-cylinder engine, 34 kW (45 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)
- Cruise speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
- Range: 640 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 2.50 m/s (492 ft/min)
