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four-seat cabin

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designed for amateur construction by Walter Uetz.

Design and development

The Pelikan is a four-seat development of the earlier

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which had been based on the Jodel D.119. The prototype U3M Pelikan had four-seat cabin with a long transparent canopy. The fixed tail-wheel landing gear U3M is powered by a Lycoming O-290 engine and the prototype first flew 21 May 1963, it was followed by a further prototype. The production variant was designated the U4M which was re-engined with a Lycoming O-320-A2B engine and the addition of flaps. The company built two aircraft and one other was amateur-built.

Variants

;U3M Pelikan :Prototype with a Lycoming O-290 engine, two built. ;U4M Pelikan :Production version with a Lycoming O-320-A2B engine, two factory-built and one amateur-built.

Specifications (U4M Pelikan)

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