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AC-5M
The Aviastroitel AC-5M is a Russian mid-wing, single-seat, T-tailed motor glider and unmanned aerial vehicle that is produced by Aviastroitel, now Glider Air Craft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 54. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X Design and development The AC-5M is derived from the motorized version of the Aviastroitel AC-4 Russia. Its design goals were to produce a simple and inexpensive self-launching sailplane. It had its first flight in December 1999 and production commenced in 2000 with a total of 35 completed. The AC-5M features a span wing that employs a Wortmann FX60-157 airfoil. The wings are mounted on the fuselage with a single cam-pin and the ailerons and Air brake (aircraft), air brakes hook-up automatically. Assembly can be accomplished by one person in five minutes. The engine is a Zanzottera MZ-35R, which is a special narrow engine design developed specifically for retractable engine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviastroitel
Aviastroitel Ltd. (russian: ООО "Авиастроитель", in English literally ''Aircraft Manufacturers'') is a manufacturer of sailplanes that was originally based in Penza, Russia. Since 2010, the company has been known as ''Glider Air Craft Ltd'' (russian: ООО "ГЛАЙДЕР ЭЙРКРАФТ") and has been based in Moscow.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 54. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X History The company history is rooted back to Vladimir Egorovich Fedorov's first fibreglass motor glider, the Fedorov Istra. Fedorov was born in 1937 and graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a PhD in aerodynamics. He later went on to work on the Buran program. The Istra was designed in 1970 and completed in 1974 as part of his sport flying with the Second Moscow Aeroclub and he and club members experimented with it for ten years. Fedorov's next design was the Baikal, another fibreglass motorgli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
