Gavilán G358

Gavilán G358
Type:	Multipurpose aircraft
Design country:	Colombia
Manufacturer:	EL Gavilán SA
First flight:	April 27, 1990
Commissioning:	1998

The Gavilán G358 (German: Sperber) is a light multi-purpose aircraft from the Colombian manufacturer El Gavilán SA

History and construction

Aero Mercantil in Bogota , originally founded as an air taxi company, began servicing and selling primarily Piper aircraft in 1952 . From 1968, aircraft were also assembled from kits. The subsidiary El Gavilan SA worked on the development of a single-engine touring aircraft, the G358, from 1986.

The G358 is a stripped high- wing aircraft in all-metal construction with a rectangular fuselage cross-section and a non-retractable nose wheel landing gear. The machine is powered by a Textron Lycoming IO-540-W2A six-cylinder boxer engine with 261 kW and can also take off and land on unprepared slopes. The fuselage has doors on both sides of the cockpit and a large cargo door on the left. The prototype first flew on April 27, 1990.

In 2012 Cub Crafters acquired the rights to the machine and began further development with a turboprop engine.

Versions

G358 - basic model
- G358M - Military version with the possibility to mount a MG on the loading door edge.
G508T - Version under development with a turboprop engine
- G508M - Military version with turboprop engine

Users

Colombia Colombia

Colombian Air Force
Colombian Navy
Policía Nacional de Colombia

Spain Spain

Guardia Civil

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	7 or 4 stretchers
length	9.58 m
span	12.8 m
height	3.74 m
Wing area	18.95 m²
Empty mass	1,270 kg
Max. Takeoff mass	2,041 kg
Cruising speed	250 km / h
Top speed	376 km / h
Service ceiling	6860 m
Range	1,425 km
Engines	1 × Textron Lycoming IO-540-W2A six-cylinder boxer engine with 261 kW

literature

Mark Lambert, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1991-92, ISBN 978-0-7106-0965-6

Web links

Commons : Gavilán G358 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Marc Volland, The Aircraft from Embraer: and other Latin American aircraft manufacturers from 1945, ISBN 978-3-8423-0004-0
^ ^A ^b Mark Lambert, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1991-92, p. 48, ISBN 978-0-7106-0965-6
↑ Gavilan 358 Prototype and Type Certificate bought by Cub Crafters , accessed on 8 April 2016th

[1] Marc Volland, The Aircraft from Embraer: and other Latin American aircraft manufacturers from 1945, ISBN 978-3-8423-0004-0

[Janes-2] A ^b Mark Lambert, Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1991-92, p. 48, ISBN 978-0-7106-0965-6

[3] Gavilan 358 Prototype and Type Certificate bought by Cub Crafters , accessed on 8 April 2016th