Aerolab LoCamp
| LoCamp | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | Italy |
| Manufacturer | Aerolab SRL Golden Age Aeroworks |
| Status | In production (2015) |
The Aerolab LoCamp is an Italian amateur-built aircraft, designed and originally produced by Aerolab SRL of Gallarate. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction, although the company plans to also certify the aircraft to JAR-VLA as well as produce a light-sport aircraft category version.[1][2][3]
The LoCamp design is now produced by one of Aerolab's original dealers, Golden Age Aeroworks, LLC of Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States.[4]
Design and development
[edit]The LoCamp is intended to resemble a 1930s style light aircraft. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with polycarbonate windscreens, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2][5]
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the wing built from wood or optionally aluminium sheet and its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.10 m (29.9 ft) span wing employs a NACA 4416 airfoil, has an area of 13.5 m2 (145 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine available is the 110 hp (82 kW) Rotec R2800 four-stroke radial engine, although the 65 hp (48 kW) Walter Mikron MIIIC was under evaluation by the manufacturer.[1][2][5]
In 2015 the manufacturer was considering producing a fully assembled special light-sport aircraft version.[2]
Variants
[edit]- LoCamp
- Low wing monoplane model[1]
- HiCamp
- Parasol wing model, that uses the same fuselage as the LoCamp model[1][6]
- BiCamp
- Biplane model, that uses the same fuselage as the LoCamp model[1][7]
Specifications (LoCamp)
[edit]Data from Bayerl and Aerolab[1][5]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.71 m (22 ft 0 in) [8]
- Wingspan: 9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
- Height: 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) (propeller turning)[8]
- Wing area: 13.50 m2 (145.3 sq ft)
- Airfoil: NACA 4416
- Empty weight: 385 kg (849 lb)
- Gross weight: 599 kg (1,321 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 120 litres (26 imp gal; 32 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotec R2800 seven cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke radial engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
- Cruise speed: 171 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
- Stall speed: 67 km/h (42 mph, 36 kn) with full flaps
- Never exceed speed: 213 km/h (132 mph, 115 kn)
- Range: 732 km (455 mi, 395 nmi)
- g limits: +4.0/-2.0
- Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 44.4 kg/m2 (9.1 lb/sq ft)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 91. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b c d Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 92. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 38. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
- ^ Golden Age Aeroworks LLC (2016). "About Golden Age Aeroworks LLC". goldenageaeroworks.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Aerolab SRL. "LoCamp Data Sheet". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Aerolab SRL. "HiCamp Data Sheet". Archived from the original on 17 May 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ Aerolab SRL. "BiCamp Data Sheet". Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ a b Jackson 2007, p. 356.
- Jackson, Paul, ed. (2007). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2007–2008. Coulsdon, Surrey, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2792-6.