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Normand Dube Aerocruiser Plus

Normand Dube Aerocruiser Plus

Canadian homebuilt aircraft

The Normand Dube Aerocruiser Plus (also called the Aerocruiser 180) is a four-seat Canadian amateur-built aircraft, designed by Normand Dube and produced by Aviation Normand Dube of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec. The aircraft is a development of the two-seat Norman Dube Aerocruiser.[1][2]

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Design and development

The Aerocruiser Plus features a "V" strut-braced high-wing, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed by doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]

The aircraft can be fitted with floats, wheels or skis.[1][2]

The aircraft is made with a welded 4130 steel tubing fuselage and a riveted 2024 aluminum wing. Its 32 ft (9.8 m) span wing employs a NACA 4412 airfoil, has an area of 161 sq ft (15.0 m2) and mounts flaps. The cabin width is 39 in (99 cm). The engine used on the prototype is a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 four-stroke powerplant.[1][2][3]

Operational history

Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as "outback-friendly".[1][2]

By March 2017, one example, the prototype had been registered with Transport Canada.[4]

Specifications (Aerocruiser Plus)

Data from Bayerl, Tacke and the manufacturer[1][2][3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: three passengers
  • Length: 25 ft (7.6 m)
  • Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
  • Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m2)
  • Airfoil: NACA 4412
  • Empty weight: 1,088 lb (494 kg)
  • Gross weight: 2,200 lb (998 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 200 litres (44 imp gal; 53 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed metal, fixed pitch

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 120 mph (193 km/h, 104 kn)
  • Stall speed: 47 mph (75 km/h, 40 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 690 ft/min (3.5 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 13.6 lb/sq ft (66.4 kg/m2)

References

  1. [1]
    Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. [2]
    Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. [3]
    Saint-Georges, Richard. "L'Aerocruiser Plus En Quelques Lignes" (PDF). aviationnormanddube.com. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  4. [4]
    Transport Canada (31 March 2017). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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