The Bagalini Baganfibio (a
portmanteau of "Bagalini" and "Amphibian") is an Italian
homebuilt
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flying boat
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that was designed by
Marino Bagalini. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 126. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ]
Design and development
The Baganfibio features a
strut-braced
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high-wing, a two-seats-in-
tandem enclosed cockpit, retractable
conventional landing gear and a single engine in
tractor configuration mounted above the wing.
The aircraft is of all-wooden construction, with its wings covered in
doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing employs an RSG 36
airfoil
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...
, mounts
Junkers
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aileron
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s and has a wing area of . The aircraft does not use tip floats, but instead relies on
sponsons for balance in the water. The acceptable power range is and the standard engines used are the
Rotax 447 or the
Rotax 503 two-stroke powerplants.
The Baganfibio has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 700 hours.
Specifications (Baganfibio)
References
External links
Photo of a Bagalini Baganfibio
Baganfibio
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