The Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco (named for the Sirocco wind) is a two-seat sport aircraft designed in France in the early 1960s and marketed for homebuilding. It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from

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born designer Marcel Jurca. Jurca, a

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pilot in World War II marketed the plans in Canada and America through

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tion. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration and wooden construction throughout. The tandem seats are enclosed by a bubble canopy, and the tailwheel undercarriage can be built as either fixed or with retractable main units. Marcel Jurca died on 19 October 2001, at which time plans were still available from the designer's web site. Plans are supplied by Avions Marcel Jurca and

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of Australia.

Variants

;MJ-5 :Basic variant :The type of engine fitted, and the type of landing gear, are indicated by suffixes to the designation. For example MJ-5K2. :A -

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C90-8 or -14F :B - Continental O-200-A :C -

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4 E-20 :D - Lycoming O-235 :E - Lycoming O-290 :EA -

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:F - Continental :G - Lycoming O-320 :H - Lycoming O-320 :J -

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:K - Lycoming O-360 :L - Lycoming O-360 :M - Franklin: :1 - Fixed landing gear, 2 - retractable landing gear ;MJ-50 Windy :All-metal version with retractable landing gear (never built) ; MJ-51 Sperocco :("Special Sirocco") - performance version with wing taken from the

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;MJ-52 Zéphyr :( en, Zephyr wind) - utility version with converted Volkswagen automotive engine or

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; MJ-53 Autan :( en, Autan wind) - version with side-by-side seating - two built ;MJ-55 Biso :( en, Biso wind) - aerobatic version with the wings of the Jurca Gnatsum without flaps. It had a smaller tail and a fixed aluminium blade landing gear. Only one was built, with a Lycoming engine. First flown in 1998, it crashed in 2000 due to gluing errors in construction.

Specifications (MJ-5D)

References

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Sirocco on designer's website

External links

Avions Marcel Jurca websiteManna Aviation website
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