Lederlin 380L
380L Ladybug | |
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Lederlin 380L (F-PMET) at Laval aerodrome, 15 August 1969 | |
Role | Sport aircraft |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Homebuilt |
Designer | François Lederlin |
First flight | 14 September 1965 |
The Lederlin 380L (marketed in North America as the Ladybug) is an unconventional light aircraft developed in France in the 1960s, and marketed for homebuilding.
Development
[edit]François Lederlin developed the 380L from the Mignet HM.380 "Flying Flea", and eventually created a new aircraft sharing only its choice of wing profile and general configuration.[1]
Like the Pou-du-Ciel, the 380L is a tandem wing design, with the forward wing mounted on a set of cabane struts forward of the cockpit, and designed to pivot in flight, to vary its angle of incidence. Otherwise, it is unlike the original Mignet HM.14, having side-by-side seating for two in a fully enclosed cockpit, and a neatly cowled engine. The fuselage is of steel tube construction, metal-skinned at the front and fabric-covered to the rear, and the wings have fabric-covered wooden structure. The tailwheel undercarriage is fixed.
Specifications
[edit]Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 4.77 m (15 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 7.92 m (26 ft 0 in)
- Height: 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 9.92 m2 (106.8 sq ft) forward wing; 7.43 m2 (80.0 sq ft)
- Airfoil: 3-40-13
- Empty weight: 360 kg (794 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 85 L (22 US gal; 19 imp gal) in a single fuel tank
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-14F 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 67 kW (90 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed McCauley fixed pitch metal propeller, 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 201 km/h (125 mph, 109 kn) at 300 m (980 ft)
- Cruise speed: 161 km/h (100 mph, 87 kn) at 600 m (2,000 ft)
- Stall speed: 49 km/h (30 mph, 26 kn) power off
- Never exceed speed: 233 km/h (145 mph, 126 kn)
- Range: 855 km (531 mi, 462 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,660 m (12,010 ft) +
- Wing loading: 34 kg/m2 (7.0 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.111 kW/kg (0.0675 hp/lb)
Notes
[edit]- ^ Falconar kit/plans Ladybug 380L
- ^ Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1975). Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76 (66th annual ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Inc. p. 74. ISBN 978-0531032503.
References
[edit]- Taylor, Michael J.H. 1989. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation Studio Editions p. 570
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78. Jane's Publishing pp. 493–494
External links
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