The D.31 Turbulent was designed to be amateur-built and is a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with cantilever low-wing and fixed tailwheel landing gear. Designed to be powered by a 30hp (1200cc) Volkswagen or similar engine.[1] The fuselage and wings use wood construction with fabric covering.[2]
Rollason Aircraft & Engines Limited produced 26 factory-built D.31 aircraft in the United Kingdom and three D.31A models with strengthened wing spar in order to get a full British certificate of Airworthiness.[3] Five Turbulents are operated by the Tiger Club in 2019.[4]
The Tiger Club Turbulent displays have been a highlight of the UK air display scene since 1959 and, by remaining in sight of the crowd at all times, their displays are often regarded as the most rivetting.[7] Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review, saying, "the controls are wonderfully light, and although not aerobatic, the aircraft has been used by the Tiger Club Display Team for formation flying displays in the UK, since 1959. On 31 August 2019 the Tiger club celebrated 60 years of operating the Turbulent.
In 1960, Rollason Turbulent G-APNZ was flown by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, making the Turbulent the first and only single-seat aircraft to have been flown by a member of the royal family. In the same year, the same aircraft won the King's Cup air race, flown by John Severne.[4] G-APNZ is subject to a restoration at Derby Airfield.
Standard home-built and factory built variant. Initially built by Rollason Aircraft & Engines with 1200cc VW engine but standardized on the 1600cc Ardem 4CO2 modified VW engine. The Tiger Club have modified their aircraft to use Leburg Electronic Ignition.
D.31A
Factory & homebuilt aircraft incorporating factory designed (by Rollason Aircraft & Engines) strengthened main spar to allow C of A certification. Top speed = 115 Knots. Max weight = 317 kg
druine, turbulent, druine, turbulent, french, single, seat, ultralight, homebuilt, aircraft, designed, roger, druine, turbulenta, flown, member, turbulent, display, teamrole, single, seat, light, aircraftdesigner, roger, druinefirst, flight, 1951, contents, de. The Druine D 31 Turbulent is a French single seat ultralight Homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Druine 1 D 31 TurbulentA Druine Turbulent flown by a member of the Turbulent Display TeamRole Single seat light aircraftDesigner Roger DruineFirst flight 1951 Contents 1 Development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Specifications D 31 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Bibliography 7 External linksDevelopment EditThe D 31 Turbulent was designed to be amateur built and is a single seat ultra light aircraft with cantilever low wing and fixed tailwheel landing gear Designed to be powered by a 30hp 1200cc Volkswagen or similar engine 1 The fuselage and wings use wood construction with fabric covering 2 Rollason Aircraft amp Engines Limited produced 26 factory built D 31 aircraft in the United Kingdom and three D 31A models with strengthened wing spar in order to get a full British certificate of Airworthiness 3 Five Turbulents are operated by the Tiger Club in 2019 4 The rights to plans for the design are held by the UK Light Aircraft Association 5 6 Operational history EditThe Tiger Club Turbulent displays have been a highlight of the UK air display scene since 1959 and by remaining in sight of the crowd at all times their displays are often regarded as the most rivetting 7 Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review saying the controls are wonderfully light and although not aerobatic the aircraft has been used by the Tiger Club Display Team for formation flying displays in the UK since 1959 On 31 August 2019 the Tiger club celebrated 60 years of operating the Turbulent In 1960 Rollason Turbulent G APNZ was flown by Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh making the Turbulent the first and only single seat aircraft to have been flown by a member of the royal family In the same year the same aircraft won the King s Cup air race flown by John Severne 4 G APNZ is subject to a restoration at Derby Airfield Variants EditD 3 Original design and prototypes D 30 powered by 25 hp 19 kW Ava 4A 00 8 D 31 Standard home built and factory built variant Initially built by Rollason Aircraft amp Engines with 1200cc VW engine but standardized on the 1600cc Ardem 4CO2 modified VW engine The Tiger Club have modified their aircraft to use Leburg Electronic Ignition D 31A Factory amp homebuilt aircraft incorporating factory designed by Rollason Aircraft amp Engines strengthened main spar to allow C of A certification Top speed 115 Knots Max weight 317 kg D 32 powered by Sarolea Epervier 8 D 35 powered by Porsche 8 D 36 powered by JAP J 99 G APOL but later re engined to D 31 standardSpecifications D 31 Edit nbsp Four Turbulents at the 1962 Farnborough showData from A J Jackson British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2 Putnam amp Company London 1974 ISBN 0 370 10010 7General characteristicsCrew 1 Length 17 ft 4 5 in 5 30 m Wingspan 21 ft 5 in 6 53 m Empty weight 349 lb 158 kg Gross weight 620 lb 281 kg Powerplant 1 Volkswagen 30 hp 22 kW Performance Maximum speed 125 mph 201 km h 109 kn Rate of climb 400 ft min 2 0 m s See also EditAircraft of comparable role configuration and era Brugger Colibri Jodel D 9 Bebe Parker Jeanie s Teenie Taylor MonoplaneReferences EditNotes Edit a b Jackson Vol 2 1988 p 303 Bob Hege Winter 1969 That thing in the basement Air Progress 10 Jackson Vol 3 1988 pp 546 548 a b Turb Team Turbulents Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 107 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485X Tacke Willi Marino Boric et al World Directory of Light Aviation 2015 16 page 113 Flying Pages Europe SARL 2015 ISSN 1368 485X Benjamin 1988 p 35ff a b c Simpson Rod 2001 Airlife s World Aircraft Shrewsbury Airlife Publishing Ltd ISBN 1 84037 115 3 Bibliography Edit A J Jackson British Civil Aircraft 1919 1972 Volume 2 2nd Edition reprint 1988 for homebuilt Druine Turbulents Putnam amp Company London 1974 ISBN 0 85177 813 5 A J Jackson British Civil Aircraft 1919 1972 Volume 3 2nd Edition reprint 1988 for Rollason Turbulents Putnam amp Company London 1974 ISBN 0 85177 818 6 L Benjamin Tiger Club A Tribute Volume 1 1957 1966 Cirrus Associates 1988 ISBN 1 902807 15 4External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Druine Turbulent Plans from LAA lt ref gt 1 Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Druine Turbulent amp oldid 1157696666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
