- Millennium Master
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Master Role Tandem seat ultralight National origin Italy Manufacturer Millennium Aircraft (Compact Compositi srl), Turin First flight 27 May 2006 The Millennium Master is a low wing, single engine, tandem two seat ultralight aircraft, constructed chiefly of carbon fibre. Designed and built in Italy, it flew for the first time in 2006.
Design and development
The design of the Millennium Master stemmed from that of an earlier, wooden, kit built aircraft but the structure has been entirely reworked into prepreg carbon fibre by Millennium Aircraft. The structural design was done by the Department of Aerostructures at the University of Turin and the aerodynamics were investigated by Alenia.[1]
The Master has a low set, trapezoidal wing, though that plan is modified by an extended wing root fairing or glove, plus wing tips of the Küchemann type with curved leading edges. Flaps occupy the whole trailing edge inboard of the ailerons and have six settings including a negative one, in which the flap is raised upwards in a reflex position, for fast flight. These flaps are slotted and are each in two spanwise parts, the break placed at the wing fold hinge line. There is a trim tab on the port aileron.[1]
A single piece canopy covers the tandem seats, with the rear seat higher than the other. Behind the cockpit the fuselage line falls to the tail. The tailplane is straight edged with rounded tips and carries marked anhedral. The fin and rudder are also straight edged but swept; there is a small additional ventral fin. Rudder and port elevator both have trim tabs. The Master has a tricycle undercarriage, the nosewheel retracting rearwards and the main legs inwards into the wings. The track is 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in).[1]
The Master is powered by a Rotax 912 flat-four engine, with a choice between the 60 kW (80 hp) UL or the 74 kW (99 hp) ULS variants. It drives a two blade propeller with ground-adjustable pitch.[1]
The Master first flew on 27 May 2006 and appeared in public for the first time at Aero '07 at Friedrichshafen in Germany in 2007. A second prototype flew in December 2007. Production was planned to start in October 2007, beginning with complete aircraft before commencing kit production.[1]
Specifications (512 ULS engine)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2010/11[1]
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 7.18 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 7.94 m (26 ft 1 in)
- Height: 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 9.96 m2 (107.2 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS 4-cylinder horizontally opposed, 59.6 kW (79.9 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed with ground-adjustable pitch
Performance
- Cruising speed: 206 km/h (128 mph; 111 kn)
- Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 378 km/h (235 mph; 204 kn)
References
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