Rutan SkiGull

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Rutan SkiGull
SkiGull in flight (skis deployed) .jpeg
SkiGull on its first flight with extended runners
Type: Amphibious aircraft
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Burt Rutan

First flight:

November 24, 2015

Number of pieces:

1

The Rutan SkiGull is a single-engine, two-seat amphibious aircraft built by Burt Rutan with registration N375BT.

history

After two years of development, Burt Rutan presented the draft of his privately developed trimaran - amphibious aircraft to the public at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh at the end of July 2015 . The aircraft - Rutan's 47th aircraft design - flew for the first time on November 24, 2015 at Coeur d'Alene Airfield . The sale of kits or detailed plans for amateur construction is planned.

construction

The saltwater-proof, fiber-reinforced high- wing aircraft made using titanium has hinged, 14.32 m spanning, braced wings with a Fowler flap. Two electrically driven folding propellers on the wings are used to maneuver on the water and can support the main Rotax 912iS engine during take-off. Two runners that can be retracted into the fuselage should allow take-offs and landings in rough seas . Wheels on the runners enable take-off and landing on about 120 m long slopes. The T-tail has a pendulum elevator with flettner trim. The crew sits one behind the other with their backs to one another under hinged covers made of acrylic glass . In the course of the flight tests, the landing gear arrangement was changed to a nose landing gear: Instead of the original four small wheels in two runners, there has been an additional nose runner since 2017, which, like the runners on the booms, is now equipped with a large wheel each.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 1
length
span 14.32 m
height
Wing area
Wing extension
payload
Empty mass
Max. Takeoff mass
Cruising speed 140 kn (259 km / h)
Top speed 170 kn (315 km / h)
Service ceiling
Range planned 4000 km, 35 h at 1700 rpm
Engines a Rotax 912iS ; 100 hp (74 kW)

See also

Web links

Commons : Rutan SkiGull  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b SkiGull - Burt Rutan. In: burtrutan.com. Retrieved on May 16, 2018 (English, picture gallery).
  2. ↑ a b c Burt Rutan: SkiGull description & Walter Mitty plan. In: kickstarter.com. March 25, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Volker Thomalla: Rutan brought the SkiGull into the air. In: aerokurier.de. December 1, 2015, accessed May 16, 2018 .
  4. ↑ a b Dave Hirschman: SkiGull details revealed. In: aopa.org. July 22, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Rutan's SkiGull - First Flight. In: eaa.org. November 24, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2018 .
  6. ↑ TESTING… TESTING… 1… 2… 3. antennaFILMS, July 17, 2017, accessed May 16, 2018 .