Although the aircraft was designed before the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules came into force, the U-2 Superwing complies with them anyway (including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg)). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 240 lb (109 kg). It features a cantilever mid-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. The U-2 is a development of the high-wingB-10.[1]
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tube, while the wing is of wood and foam, with dopedaircraft fabric covering. Its 34 ft (10.4 m) span wing employs a modified Wortmann FX05-191 airfoil. The flight controls are unconventional; pitch and roll are controlled by elevons and yaw is controlled by the wing tiprudders. The main landing gear has suspension and the nose wheel is steerable and equipped with a brake.[1][2]
The U-2 can accept a variety of engines ranging from 25 to 40 hp (19 to 30 kW) mounted in pusher configuration.[3]
mitchell, superwing, american, tailless, ultralight, aircraft, that, designed, mitchell, amateur, construction, mitchell, superwing, steven, udvar, hazy, centerrole, ultralight, aircraftnational, origin, united, statesmanufacturer, mitchell, wing, companydesig. The Mitchell U 2 Superwing is an American tailless ultralight aircraft that was designed by Don Mitchell for amateur construction 1 Mitchell U 2 SuperwingA Mitchell U 2 superwing at the Steven F Udvar Hazy CenterRole Ultralight aircraftNational origin United StatesManufacturer Mitchell Wing CompanyDesigner Don MitchellFirst flight 1980Status Plans availableDeveloped from Mitchell Wing B 10 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Specifications U 2 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDesign and development EditAlthough the aircraft was designed before the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules came into force the U 2 Superwing complies with them anyway including the category s maximum empty weight of 254 lb 115 kg The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 240 lb 109 kg It features a cantilever mid wing a single seat enclosed cockpit tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration The U 2 is a development of the high wing B 10 1 The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tube while the wing is of wood and foam with doped aircraft fabric covering Its 34 ft 10 4 m span wing employs a modified Wortmann FX05 191 airfoil The flight controls are unconventional pitch and roll are controlled by elevons and yaw is controlled by the wing tip rudders The main landing gear has suspension and the nose wheel is steerable and equipped with a brake 1 2 The U 2 can accept a variety of engines ranging from 25 to 40 hp 19 to 30 kW mounted in pusher configuration 3 Specifications U 2 Edit Mitchell U 2 Superwing Data from Cliche 1 General characteristicsCrew one Wingspan 34 ft 10 m Wing area 136 sq ft 12 6 m2 Empty weight 240 lb 109 kg Gross weight 550 lb 249 kg Fuel capacity 3 U S gallons 11 L 2 5 imp gal Powerplant 1 Zenoah G25 20 hp 15 kW Performance Stall speed 26 mph 42 km h 23 kn Range 180 mi 290 km 160 nmi Maximum glide ratio 20 1 at 45 mph 72 km h Rate of climb 400 ft min 2 0 m s Wing loading 4 04 lb sq ft 19 7 kg m2 See also EditUltralight aviation Ultralight aircraft United States Aircraft of comparable role configuration and era Aeriane SwiftReferences Edit a b c d Cliche Andre Ultralight Aircraft Shopper s Guide 8th Edition page E 259 Cybair Limited Publishing 2001 ISBN 0 9680628 1 4 Lednicer David 2010 The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage Archived from the original on 20 April 2010 Retrieved 1 September 2011 Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 137 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485XExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitchell U 2 Superwing US Pacific Current supplier of Mitchell Wing plans AmeriPlanes former manufacturer of Mitchell Wing kits website archives on Archive org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitchell U 2 Superwing amp oldid 1089205326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
