- Militi M.B.1
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M.B.2 Leonardo Role Single-seat powered flying-boat glider National origin Italy Designer Bruno Militi First flight 13 August 1967 Developed into Militi M.B.2 Leonardo The Militi M.B.1 is an Italian single-seat flying-boat glider designed and built by Bruno Militi.[1]
Design and development
Militi started to build his design for a flying-boat glider in October 1964 and it first flew on 13 August 1967.[1] The M.B.1 is a parasol-wing monoplane with a two-step hull and a fuselage of aluminium alloy, wood and fibreglass.[1] The mixed construction wing is supported by two N-struts in the centre and a vee-strut outboard on each side, it has plain ailerons but no flaps.[1] The pilot has an open cockpit with a small windscreen.[1] From 1969 Militi developed a powered version as the M.B.2 Leonardo which first flew in 1970.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 5.91 m (19 ft 4¾ in)
- Wingspan: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
- Width: 0.90 m (2 ft 11½ in)
- Height: 1.95 m (6 ft 4¾ in)
- Wing area: 11.40 m2 (122.7 ft2)
- Aspect ratio: 5.7
- Empty weight: 85 kg (187 lb)
- Gross weight: 165 kg (363 lb) each each
See also
- Related lists
- List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft
- List of gliders
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. 1973. ISBN 0 354 00117 5.
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