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The MAC Mamba, Mamba Range is an Australian two-seat
light aircraft designed and built by the
Melbourne Aircraft Corporation.
Design and development
The Mamba is 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 monoplane designed over two years and first flown on 25 January 1989. It has fixed
tricycle landing gear and is powered by a
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
;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
Specifications (Prototype)
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
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1990s Australian civil utility aircraft
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