Made kits available to construct the Merlin GT-582 two-seat monoplane, originally developed in Canada as the Macair Merlin.
1996: 509 Airport Rd, Muskegon, MI 49441, USA.
The company closed due to financial difficulty.
The designs were being produced by Blue Yonder Aviation, Inc., and one is also available from AeroComp Inc.
1980: Merkel Airplane Co, 3920 North Charles St, Wichita, KS 67204, USA. Built the Merkel Mark II aerobatic biplane
The MAC Mamba, Mamba Range is an Australian two-seat light aircraft designed and built by the Melbourne Aircraft Corporation.
The Mamba is a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane designed over two years and first flown on 25 January 1989. It has fixed tricycle landing gear and is powered by a 116 hp (87 kW) Lycoming O-235 flat-four piston engine. It has an enclosed glazed cabin with side-by-side configuration seating for two. The fuselage is constructed of welded steel tubing with stressed aluminum skin. It was intended to introduce four-seat and military versions of the Mamba.
The military version was built under contract by Australian Aircraft Industries as the AA-2S Mamba powered by an IO-360.
Variants
AA-2
Lycoming O-235-powered prototype built by Melbourne Aircraft Corporation
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-N2C, 86 kW (116 hp)
Wingspan: 8.68 m (28 ft 5.75 in)
Wing area: 10.13 m2 (109.04 sq ft)
Length: 7.00 m (22 ft 11.5 in)
Height: 2.38 m (7 ft 9.75 in)
Empty weight: 390 kg (860 lb)
Gross weight: 680 kg (1,499 lb)
Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph, 135 kn)
Endurance: 5 hours 42 minutes
Rate of climb: 7.6 m/s (1,500 ft/min)
Crew: one
Capacity: one
AA-2M
Lycoming IO-360-powered military variant built by Australian Aircraft Industries
AA-2S
Lycoming IO-360-powered civilian under test by Mamba Aircraft Company
AA-4S
Lycoming O-320 four-place under development by Mamba Aircraft Company
Australia
Developed MA-2 Mamba two-seat light aircraft (first flown 1989).
The Medway Budget trike uses a Rotax 503 and Raven wing.
The Eclipse R, new in 1998, had a Jabiru four stroke on the double monopole chassis with a Raven wing.
When equipped with a Rotax 503, the trike is marketed as the Hybred, also with a Raven wing.
Eclipse R
Empty weight: 149 kg
Wing span: 11.0 m
Wing area: 15.0 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 50 lt
Certification: BCAR S
Engine: Jabiru, 80 hp
MAUW: 367 kg
Seats: 2
Max speed: 129 kph
Cruise speed: 100 kph
Minimum speed: 48 kph
Climb rate: 4.1 m/s
Fuel consumption: 9 lt/hr
Price (1998): £18,000
1998:
Burrows Lane
Middle Stoke
ME3 9RN
Rochester
Kent
United Kingdom
Trike builder
A tandem two-seat composites, built developed from single-seat Piel CP.150 Onyx and featuring rear-mounted wings and high canard. The fuselage is in wood and composites with the kit including all mouldings. The engine is limited to 55 kg for CoG reasons.
Onyx bi 582
Engine: Rotax 582 DCDI, 64 hp
Wing span: 9.20 m
Wing area: 16.07 sq.m
MAUW: 440 kg
Empty weight: 220 kg
Fuel capacity: 50 lt
Max speed: 185 kph
Cruise speed: 150 kph
Minimum speed: 64 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Seats: 2
Fuel consumption: 13 lt/hr
Kit price (1998): 117 800 Fttc
France
Markets kit to construct tandem two-seat composites-built Onyx Biplace, developed from single-seat Piel CP.150 Onyx and featuring rear-mounted wings and high canard.
1998:
2 rue des Naudinières
F-37270 Larcay
France
Circa 1998
VW 1600
Cycle: 4 stroke
No cylinders: 4 opposed
Bore: 85.5 mm
Stroke: 69 mm
Compression: 8
Displacement: 1566 cc
Cooling: Air
Ignition: Magneto
Reduction: Direct
Max pwr: 65 hp at
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