Microturbo Microjet 200

Microjet 200
Microjet 200 prototype at Farnborough Airshow in 1982.
Role	Lightweight jet trainer
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Microturbo
First flight	1980
Number built	3

The Microjet 200 was jet trainer designed and built by Microturbo a French gas turbine manufacturer.

Design and development

Designed by Microturbo, as a vehicle for the small gas turbine engines it produced, as a two-seat lightweight jet trainer. The 200 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and a v-tail. It is powered by two Microturbo TRS 18-1 turbojets. It had side-by-side seating for an instructor and student. The all-wood prototype 200 first flew on 24 June 1980. Two pre-production aircraft designated 200B were built of mixed construction and the first flew on 19 May 1983. The project failed to gain any interest and no production aircraft were built.

Variants

200

Prototype, one built.

200B

Pre-production, two built.

Specifications (200B)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 6.67 m (21 ft 10½ in)
• Wingspan: 7.56 m (24 ft 9¾ in)
• Height: 2.42 m (7 ft 11¼ in)
• Wing area: 6.12 m² (65.9 ft²)
• Empty weight: 780 kg (1,719 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,300 kg (2866 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Microturbo TRS 181-1 turbojet, 1.30 kN (293 lbf) thrust each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 463 km/h (287 mph)
• Cruising speed: 389 km/h (241 mph)
• Endurance: 2 hours
• Service ceiling: 9,150 m (30,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 8.7 m/s (1,705 ft/min)

References

1. ^ Taylor 1988, pp. 77—78.

• Taylor, John W.R. (1988). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-89. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Defence Data. ISBN 0 7106-0867-5. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. 
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.