Druine Turbi

D.5 Turbi
Druine Turbi at the Shuttleworth Collection
Role Recreational aircraft
Manufacturer Falconar Avia
Designer Roger Druine
First flight c. 1953

The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of the Druine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.

The aircraft was marketed as plans and as a kit by Falconar Avia of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Plans are now supplied by Manna Aviation of Australia.[1][2]

Design

The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons.[3]

Specifications (Druine D.5 Turbi)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62,[4] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 13.50 m2 (145.3 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23012
  • Empty weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
  • Gross weight: 495 kg (1,091 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Beaussier air-cooled 4-cylinder engine, 34 kW (45 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
  • Range: 640 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)
  • Rate of climb: 2.50 m/s (492 ft/min)

References

  1. ^ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. ^ "Manna Aviation - Druine D5 Turbi Plans Blueprints". mannaaviation.com.
  3. ^ Experimenter. October 1957. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Taylor 1961, p. 50
  5. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 151–152.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1961). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 347.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 892 Sheet 47.
  • "Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi". Flight. Vol. 67, no. 2411. 8 April 1955. pp. 443–45. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
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