Gyroflug Speed Canard

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name=SC 01 Speed Canard


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type=Sports plane
national origin=Germany
manufacturer=Gyroflug
designer=Peter Krauss and Jörg Elzenbeck
first flight=2 December avyear|1980
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number built=62 by 1995
variants with their own articles=The Gyroflug SC 01 Speed Canard is an unconventional sports plane produced in Germany in the 1980s. Inspired by the Rutan VariEze, the Speed Canard was an all-new design created without input from Rutan. Like the VariEze, the Speed Canard is a canard-configured mid-wing monoplane with wingtip fins that incorporate rudders. The two-seat tandem cockpit and canopy design were derived from Grob Twin Astir sailplane, and the nosewheel of the tricycle undercarriage is retractable. Construction throughout is of composite materials, and when the design attained German certification in 1983, it became the first composite canard design to achieve certification anywhere in the world. An interesting feature of the control system is that the twin rudders operate independently, allowing both rudders to be deflected outwards simultaneously, cancelling each other's yaw, but acting as airbrakes.

In 1987, the development of a four-seat version was announced as the E 401, but was abandoned soon thereafter.

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crew=One pilot
capacity=1 passenger
length m=4.70
length ft=15
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span m=7.77
span ft=25
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height m=1.81
height ft=5
height in=11
wing area sqm=7.8
wing area sqft=84
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empty weight kg=440
empty weight lb=970
gross weight kg=815
gross weight lb=1,576
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eng1 type=Avco Lycoming O-320-D1A
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max speed kmh=295
max speed mph=183
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range km=1,325
range miles=823
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ceiling m=5,640
ceiling ft=18,500
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