Lancair Tigress
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The Lancair Tigress was an American aircraft kit that was designed by Lance Neibauer in the mid-1990s and was to be produced by Lancair . The aircraft was based on the Lancair IV , but was to have a much more powerful engine with an Orenda OE600 V8 engine with 600 hp (441 kW) . When production of the engine was discontinued, that also meant the end of the Tigress project. Therefore, only a prototype was completed. The idea of a more powerful version of the Lancair IV was later implemented as the Lancair Propjet .
development and construction
The Tigress was to be a further development of the Lancair IV with an Orenda OE600 engine with an output of 600 hp (441 kW). This would have allowed the aircraft to reach a top speed of 352 knots (652 km / h). The structure of the airframe was reinforced to withstand the higher performance and higher speeds . Since Orenda Aerospace ceased production of the engine, the Tigress project was also terminated.
The single-engine, cantilevered low- wing aircraft has a four-seater pressurized cabin and a retractable nose wheel landing gear . The airframe is made of composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic . With a wingspan of 9.2 meters, the wings are 1.6 meters shorter than those of the Lancair IV. The wings have an area of 9.1 square meters and have flaps . Like the wings of the Lancair IV, they have a McWilliams-RXM5-217 profile at the root , which merges into a NACA-64-212 profile at the wing tips . The aircraft has a curb weight of 1,089 kilograms and a maximum take-off weight of 1,542 kilograms, giving it a payload of around 450 kilograms. With a tank capacity of 440 liters, a maximum load of 140 kilograms remains for the pilot, passengers and luggage with full tanks.
Whereabouts
The prototype was shut down on June 27, 2013. Today it stands on a concrete slab in front of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute building at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma City .
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 3 |
| length | 7.62 m |
| span | 9.2 m |
| Wing area | 9.1 m² |
| Empty mass | 1,089 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1,542 kg |
| Cruising speed | 299 kn (554 km / h) |
| Top speed | 352 kn (652 km / h) |
| Service ceiling | 29,000 ft (8,839 m) |
| Tank capacity | 440 liters |
| Range | 1,260 NM (2,334 km) |
| Engine | Orenda OE600 with 600 PS (441 kW) |
literature
- Don Sherman: Power Struggle. Why car engines won't fly . In: Smithsonian Air & Space magazine . December 1996 to January 1997, 1997, p. 71-81 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Don Purdy: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook . 5th edition. BAI Communications, 1998, ISBN 0-9636409-4-1 , pp. 190 (English).
- ^ The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage. UIUC Applied Aerodynamics Group, University of Illinois, accessed May 2, 2018 .
- ↑ FAA REGISTRY N-Number Inquiry Results. Federal Aviation Administration , accessed May 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Lancair Tigress. Digital Cairo Aircraft Database, accessed May 2, 2018 .
- ↑ LANCAIR IV-P TIGRESS. WhatToFly.com, accessed May 2, 2018 .
