The Leger Pataplume 1 is a French
amateur-built aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch", from plans, or from assembly kits.Armstrong, Kenn ...
, designed by
Leger Aviation of
Archiac and made available in the form of plans for amateur construction. The aircraft's design goals are simplicity and economy of construction with low operating costs.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
When it was available the aircraft was marketed with the French slogan "simplicite, economie, amusement".
By 2013 the company website had been removed and the plans were apparently no longer available.
Design and development
The Pataplume 1 features a
strut-braced mid-wing
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, a two-seats-in-
tandem
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open cockpit with a windshield, fixed
conventional landing gear
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and a single engine in
tractor configuration
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.
The aircraft is made from wood and finished with
doped aircraft fabric
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. Its span wing has an area of and is supported by two parallel struts per wing. The recommended engine is a 1600 cc
Volkswagen air-cooled engine
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four-stroke powerplant.
While there were no kits supplied for the design, Leger Aviation did supply all needed raw materials.
Specifications (Pataplume 1)
References
External links
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Website archiveson
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