Druine Turbulent
| D.31 Turbulent | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Single-seat light aircraft |
| Designer | Roger Druine |
| First flight | 1950s |
| Unit cost |
£945 (1960) |
The Druine D.31 Turbulent is a French single-seat ultralight Homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Druine.[1]
Development
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.[2] The fuselage uses wood construction.[3] Rollason Aircraft & Engines Limited produced 29 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. Five Turbulents are operated by the Tiger Club in 2008.[4]
The rights to plans for the design are held by the UK Light Aircraft Association.[5]
Variants
- D.3
- Original design and prototypes
- D.31
- Standard home-built and factory built variant
- D.31A
- Factory & homebuilt aircraft incorporating factory designed (Rollason of Croydon) strengthened main spar to allow C of A certification. Top speed = 115 Knots. Max weight = 317 kg
Specifications (D.31)
Data from A.J.Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2, Putnam & Company, London, 1974, ISBN 0-370-10010-7
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 17 ft 4½ 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)
- Rate of climb: 400 ft/min ( m/s)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
Notes
- ↑ Sport Aviation. December 1960. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Air Trails: 78. Winter 1971. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Bob Hege (Winter 1969). "That thing in the basement". Air Progress: 10.
- ↑ Tiger Club Druine Turbulent page Retrieved: 25 February 2008
- ↑ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Bibliography
- A.J.Jackson, British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 2, Putnam & Company, London, 1974, ISBN 0-370-10010-7
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