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The Druine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of the
Druine Turbulent
The Druine D.31 Turbulent is a French single-seat ultralight Homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Druine.Jackson Vol 2 1988, p. 303.
Development
The D.31 Turbulent was designed to be amateur-built and is a single-seat ultra-light aircraft with ...
design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.
The aircraft was marketed as plans and as a kit by
Falconar Avia
Falconar Avia was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Edmonton, Alberta. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kits and plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 1 ...
of
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Plans are now supplied by
Manna Aviation
Manna Aviation is an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Toronto, New South Wales, founded by Phil Hale. The company specializes in provision of parts and plans for amateur construction.
The company focuses on plans for wooden aircraft, ...
of Australia.
[Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851]
Design
The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons.
Specifications (Druine D.5 Turbi)
References
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External links
Official website
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1950s French sport aircraft
Turbi
Homebuilt aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
Low-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1953