The Normand Dube Aerocruiser is a Canadian single-engined, two-seat bushplane designed by Normand Dube and supplied as a kit for homebuilding by Aviation Normand Dube of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec.[1][2][3]

Design and development

The Aerocruiser 912 is a high-wing braced monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear, the wheels can be quickly changed to skis if required. It has a welded steel tube fuselage and metal aluminium riveted wings and can take a variety of mainly Rotax piston engines. The aircraft has a gross weight of 1,232 lb (559 kg) and is powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS engine, for the Canadian advanced ultralight category.[1][2][3]

The design has been developed into Aerocruiser Plus, a four-seat version with a gross weight of 2,200 lb (998 kg) powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 engine and the Aerocruiser 450 Turbo, a six-seat version with a gross weight of 4,650 lb (2,109 kg) powered by a 450 hp (336 kW) Lycoming TIGO-541 engine.[2][3]

Operational history

By March 2017, 56 examples had been registered with Transport Canada and one in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[4][5]

Specifications (Aerocruiser 912S)

Norman Dube Aerocruiser on wheel-skis

Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Wingspan: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
  • Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m2)
  • Empty weight: 529 lb (240 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,235 lb (560 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS horizontally-opposed, four-cylinder, piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 85 mph (136 km/h, 73 kn)
  • Stall speed: 32 mph (52 km/h, 28 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6 m/s)

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2005, p 141.
  2. ^ a b c Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ a b c Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  4. ^ Transport Canada (31 March 2017). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  5. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (31 March 2017). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved 31 March 2017.

Bibliography

  • World Directory of Leisure Aviation. Ivy-sur-Seine, France: Editions Retine. 2005–2006. ISSN 1368-485X.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Dube_Aerocruiser
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