The Mylius My 102 Tornado is a prototype single-seat German

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. It was designed as a smaller derivative of the

MBB Bo 209 The MBB Bo 209 Monsun (originally the Bolkow MHK-101) is a two-seat light aircraft that was developed in West Germany in the late 1960s. Design and development The Monsun was designed by three Bölkow engineers, led by Bölkow's technical dire ...

, but was not placed in production, with only two aircraft built.

Design and development

The German light aircraft manufacturer Bölkow's technical director Dr Hermann Mylius, together with two other engineers from the company, designed the two-seat MHK-101 in their spare time, with the design being adopted by Bölkow as the Bo 209, entering production in 1970. As a follow-on to the Bo-209, Mylius began design work in July 1971 on a smaller, single-seat derivative of the Bo-209, intended as an aerobatic aircraft, the Mylius My 102 Tornado. The My 102 was considered for production by Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), the former Bölkow, as the Bo 210 Tornado, but instead, MBB abandoned production of light aircraft in order to concentrate of the Bo 105 helicopter. The My 102 is a low-wing

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of all-metal construction, powered by a Lycoming AIO-360-B1B

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piston engine driving a three-bladed propeller. It has a

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with fixed mainwheels and a nosewheel which was retractable in the prototype with a plan to offer a fixed nosewheel as an option. The pilot sits in an enclosed cockpit, with a rearward sliding canopy. The aircraft's wings can be folded for minimise

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space needed to store the aircraft or for towing on roads. Mylius My 102 Tornado D-EMYS 03

Work began on construction of a prototype in December 1971, and it first flew, with the

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''D-EMYS'', on 7 July 1973 at

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. It was successful in aerobatic competitions, taking part in the 1973 German Aerobatic Championships and the 1974 Biancotto Trophy. By 1980, a second prototype was under construction, with changes including a more powerful () engine, revised wings with reduced span () and wing area (). Two derivatives of the My 102 were noted as being under development in the 1980 ''Jane's All the World's Aircraft'', the two-seat My 103 Mistral (eventually to fly in 1998) and the four-seat My 104 Passat. The second prototype, registration ''D-EMYM'', flew for the first time on 3 April 1984. The Tornado (now styled MY-102) was being proposed for production by Mylius Flugzeugwerk of Bitburg in 1999, and was claimed to conform to European

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airworthiness standards. Mylius was concentrating on the MY-103 by 2003, however.

Specifications (First prototype)

References

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