Interceptor 400
| Interceptor 400 | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Small plane |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: |
Interceptor Corporation |
| First flight: |
June 27, 1969 |
| Number of pieces: |
2 |
The Interceptor 400 was a single-engine small aircraft with turboprop propulsion from the American manufacturer Interceptor Corporation, which was developed on the basis of the Meyers 200 .
history
The development of the Interceptor 400 began when Lymon Lyon approached the aircraft manufacturer Aero Commander with the request to equip an Aero Commander 200 with a turboprop engine for him . The request came at a time when Aero Commander had just realized that the Model 200 could not be produced economically in the desired quantities. Aero Commander Lyon therefore offered the type certification of the Model 200 and the preparatory work for a turboprop version of the Interceptor 400 that had already been carried out for purchase. Lyon and a group of investors around the entrepreneur Thomas W. Itin then founded the Interceptor Corporation to develop and market the Interceptor 400.
The manufacturing facility was relocated from Aero Commander in Albany , Georgia to Norman , Oklahoma . There, the development of the Interceptor 400 was completed up to the type certification.
The machine completed its maiden flight on June 27, 1969, and received its type certification in 1971. However, in the absence of solvent buyers, the main investor Paul Luce eventually took over the company's intellectual property and the prototype of the Interceptor 400 when the company was unable to repay its invested capital. The rights went to the Prop-Jets company, in which Luce had a fifty percent stake. Prop-Jets later changed its name to Interceptor Aircraft Company. At this point, Luce was no longer involved in the company.
A military version of the Interceptor 400, the Interceptor I400-M, was being planned. It should serve as a training aircraft , reconnaissance aircraft , forward air controller and for counterinsurgency and general missions.
On May 22, 2014, the Global Parts Group from Augusta , Kansas announced that it had acquired the rights to the Interceptor 400 and the Meyers 200. The Global Parts Group established Interceptor Aviation Inc., which owned the intellectual property, type certification and all capital goods relating to the Interceptor 400 and Meyers 200. Design documents and tooling were discovered in a barn in Wichita , Kansas.
construction
The Interceptor 400 is a four-seater, cantilevered low- wing aircraft with retractable nose wheel landing gear . It has a pressurized cabin and is driven by a Honeywell TPE331 turbine that has an output of 400 HP ( flat-rated ).
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 3 |
| length | 8.22 m |
| span | 9.29 m |
| Wing area | 16 m² |
| Wing extension | 5.81 |
| Empty mass | 2,300 lb (1,043 kg ) |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 4,005 lb (1,817 kg) |
| Cruising speed | 244 kn (452 km / h ) |
| Top speed | 300 kn (556 km / h) |
| Service ceiling | 24,000 ft (7,315 m) |
| Range | 900 NM (1,667 km ) |
| Engines | Honeywell TPE331 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b J. Mac Mcclellan: Turning Loose The turbine singles . In: Flying Magazine . tape 111 , no. 2 . Bonnier Corporation, February 1984, ISSN 0015-4806 , p. 46 (English).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i John WR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72 . Sampson Low, Marston & Co, London 1971, ISBN 0-354-00094-2 , pp. 324 (English).
- ↑ Russ Niles: Meyer's Revival Eyed? AVweb, May 22, 2014, accessed March 9, 2020 .
- ^ A b Rob Mark: Turboprop Aircraft, Design and Tooling Discovered in Kansas Barn. Flying, October 28, 2019, accessed March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Jerry Siebenmark: AvStrategies Markets Turboprop Single TC, Tooling. AINonline, October 28, 2019, accessed on March 9, 2020 .