The Maule M-7 is a family of single-engine light aircraft that has been manufactured in the United States since the mid-1980s.

Design and development

Based on the Maule M-4, it is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional configuration, available with tailwheel or optional tricycle wheeled undercarriage and frequently used as a

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with twin floats. The basic M-7 has a longer cabin than its predecessors the M5 & M6, with two seats in front, a bench seat for up to three passengers behind them, and (like the M-6) an optional third row of "kiddie seats" at the rear.Simpson 1995, 242 Extra cabin windows can be fitted if the "kiddie seats" are to be used. The MX-7 uses the same fuselage as the M-6,which is a modified M5 fuselage but the same wing span as the M-5,''Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86'', 448 and incorporates the increased fuel tankage, Hoerner-style wingtips and five-position flaps designed for the M-7."Private Aircraft Buyers' Guide" 1986, 39. The M-7 family has been produced both with piston and turboprop engines."Maule develops turboprops" 1987, 16

Variants

M-7 series

;M-7-235 Super Rocket :Similar to M-6-235 with lengthened cabin. Tailwheel undercarriage and Lycoming O-540 engine ;M-7-235B Super Rocket''World Aircraft Information Files'', File 901 Sheet 08 :Same as M7-235 including Oleo-Strut main landing gear. ;M-7-235C Orion :Same as M7-235B but with sprung aluminum main landing gear and Lycoming IO-540 engine. ;M-7-260 ;M-7-260C ;M-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop :M-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine ;MT-7-235 Tri-Gear :Super Rocket with tricycle undercarriage ;MT-7-260

MX-7 series

;MX-7 Rocket ;MX-7-160 Sportplane :M-6 fuselage with M-5 wings. Lycoming O-320 engine ;MX-7-180 Star Rocket :MX-7 with lengthened cabin. Optional third row of seats with windows. Lycoming O-360 engine ;MX-7-180A Sportplane and Comet ;MX-7-180B Star Rocket ;MX-7-180C Millennium ;MX-7-250 Starcraft :MX-7 with

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turboprop engine ;MX-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop :MX-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine ;MXT-7-160 Comet :MX-7-160 with tricycle undercarriage ;MXT-7-180 Star Rocket :MX-7-180 with tricycle undercarriage

Specifications (M-7-235B)

Notes

References

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