The Bushcaddy L-160 is a Canadian
kit aircraft that was designed by Jean Eudes Potvin and produced by
Club Aeronautique Delisle Incorporated,
Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service
Bushcaddy Aircraft Canada, usually just called Bushcaddy or BushCaddy, was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based at the Cornwall Regional Airport in Summerstown, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft.V ...
and most recently by
Bushcaddy
Bushcaddy Aircraft Canada, usually just called Bushcaddy or BushCaddy, was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based at the Cornwall Regional Airport in Summerstown, Ontario. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft. ...
. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for
amateur construction.
[Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851]
Design and development
The L-160 was developed from the
Bushcaddy R-120 and intended to provide more cargo space or room for a child seat behind the pilot and passenger seats. The designation indicates that the design engine was originally a
Lycoming O-320 of .
The L-160 features a
strut-braced
In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...
high-wing, a two-seats-in-
side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed
tricycle landing gear or
conventional landing gear and a single engine in
tractor configuration. Floats and skis can also be fitted.
The aircraft
fuselage is made with a frame of welded
6061-T6 aluminum square tubing, covered in 6061-T6 sheet. Its span wing employs V-struts with
jury struts. The wing has an area of and
flaps. It can accept
four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
powerplants from . Cabin access is via two fold-up doors.
Construction time for the factory kit is estimated at 1200 hours. Twelve examples were reported completed and flying by December 2011.
Specifications (L-160)
References
External links
Official website
{{Uncertified aircraft developed in Canada
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