The Fournier RF-10 is a two-seat motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1981. The aircraft is a further development of the RF-9 and incorporated plastic and carbon-fiber structures.
| RF-10 | |
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| Fournier RF-10 on the ground | |
| Role | Motorglider |
| National origin | France |
| Designer | René Fournier |
| First flight | 1981 |
| Variants | Aeromot AMT-100 Ximango |
The aircraft has also been license manufactured in Brazil as the AMT 100 Ximango.
Operators edit
- Portuguese Air Force received four RF-10s in 1984.[1]
Specifications (RF-10) edit
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83 [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7.89 m (25 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 17.47 m (57 ft 4 in)
- Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 18.7 m2 (201 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 16.3:1
- Airfoil: NACA 643-618
- Empty weight: 530 kg (1,168 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 770 kg (1,698 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Limbach L2000 EO I 4-cyl air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 59.5 kW (79.8 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
- Stall speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
- Rate of sink: 0.8 m/s (160 ft/min) at 80 km/h (50 mph))
References edit
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- ^ Lewis 1987, p. 68
- ^ Taylor 1982, pp. 592, 616–17
Bibliography edit
- Taylor, John W. R. (1982), Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83, London: Jane's Yearbooks, ISBN 0-7106-0748-2
- Lewis, Barry (August 1987), "Portugal's Growing Air Power", Air International, 33 (2): 66–68, 73–75, ISSN 0306-5634