Bellanca Aries

T-250 Aries
General information
TypeCivil utility aircraft
ManufacturerBellanca
Designer
Marvin Greenwood
Number built5
History
First flightJuly 19, 1973

The Bellanca T-250 Aries was a light airplane built in the United States in the early 1970s, which achieved only limited production. Designed by Marvin Greenwood in Texas while his company, Anderson-Greenwood, owned the Bellanca name, it was offered as a Bellanca product.[1] It was a conventional low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle undercarriage and a high T-tail. Federal Aviation Administration type certification was obtained on 28 July 1976.

Variants

T-250 Aires
AG-250 Aires[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: four passengers
  • Length: 26 ft 2 in (7.98 m)
  • Wingspan: 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
  • Wing area: 170 sq ft (15.8 m2)
  • Airfoil: NACA 600412 modified
  • Empty weight: 1,850 lb (839 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 3,150 lb (1,429 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 76 US gal (63 imp gal; 290 L)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-540-A4D5 flat-six piston engine , 250 hp (190 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell constant-speed propeller, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 215 mph (346 km/h, 187 kn) at sea level
  • Cruise speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn) (65% power)
  • Stall speed: 64 mph (103 km/h, 56 kn) (wheels and flaps down)
  • Never exceed speed: 244 mph (393 km/h, 212 kn)
  • Range: 1,170 mi (1,880 km, 1,020 nmi) with four passengers
  • Service ceiling: 18,100 ft (5,500 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,240 ft/min (6.3 m/s)

References

  1. ^ Richard L. Collins (9 October 2014). "Retractable singles: the good, the fad, and the ugly". Air Facts. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ^ Air Progress November 1978, p. 29.
  3. ^ Taylor 1980, p. 287.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bellanca Aries.
  • "Oshkosh '78: Bigger and Better than Ever". Air Progress. Vol. 40, no. 11. November 1978. pp. 22–31.
  • Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1980). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81. London: Jane's Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7106-0705-9.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 152.
  • Bellanca T-250 sales brochure