The Midour is a double-seat, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, fitted with a fixed, tricycle undercarriage. Developed in the workshop of the ACBA using the wings of a Robin DR400, the Midour first flew in the early 1970s and four additional examples to the original design have been built, along with two modified versions.
Although the Midour is sometimes equipped with only a single seat, a passenger can be carried behind the pilot, to assist in the release of gliders being towed.
Variantsedit
ACBA-8 Midour 2.
ACBA-7 Midour
Original version with 180 horsepower (130 kW) Lycoming O-360 engine; five built.
ACBA-8 Midour 2
Improved version with entirely new wing design. One built.
ACBA Midour 3
Optimised, quieted version of Midour 2 with new fuselage and canopy, designed to be especially quiet due to noise pollution concerns. One built.[1]
acba, midour, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2010. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources ACBA Midour news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message The ACBA Midour Midour 2 and Midour 3 are a series of glider tugs manufactured by the Aero Club du Bas Armagnac in France and named after the Midou River Midour ACBA 7 Midour Role Glider tug Manufacturer Aero Club du Bas Armagnac Primary user Aero Club du Bas Armagnac Number built 7 Developed from Robin DR400Design and development editThe Midour is a double seat low wing monoplane of conventional configuration fitted with a fixed tricycle undercarriage Developed in the workshop of the ACBA using the wings of a Robin DR400 the Midour first flew in the early 1970s and four additional examples to the original design have been built along with two modified versions Although the Midour is sometimes equipped with only a single seat a passenger can be carried behind the pilot to assist in the release of gliders being towed Variants edit nbsp ACBA 8 Midour 2 ACBA 7 Midour Original version with 180 horsepower 130 kW Lycoming O 360 engine five built ACBA 8 Midour 2 Improved version with entirely new wing design One built ACBA Midour 3 Optimised quieted version of Midour 2 with new fuselage and canopy designed to be especially quiet due to noise pollution concerns One built 1 Specifications ACBA 7 editData from 2 General characteristicsCrew 1 Capacity 1 passenger optional Length 6 81 m 22 ft 4 in Wingspan 8 72 m 28 ft 7 in Wing area 14 2 m2 153 sq ft Aspect ratio 5 35 Empty weight 550 kg 1 213 lb Max takeoff weight 790 kg 1 742 lb Powerplant 1 Lycoming O 360 4 cyl horizontally opposed piston engine 130 kW 180 hp Performance Maximum speed 300 km h 190 mph 160 kn Cruise speed 190 km h 120 mph 100 kn Rate of climb 3 72 m s 732 ft min See also editRelated development Robin DR400 Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era Aero L 60 Brigadyr PZL 104 WilgaReferences edit Aero Club du Bas Armagnac Construction amateur Archived March 23 2011 at the Wayback Machine French Accessed 2010 10 29 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 1985 Orbis Publishing Page 2799 DR400 wing data External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to ACBA Midour ACBA Midour CSVVA Airliners net Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ACBA Midour amp oldid 1102878872, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
