Bagalini Bagaliante Explained

The Bagalini Bagaliante (a portmanteau of "Bagalini" and "Glider") is an Italian high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, pusher configuration, conventional landing gear motor glider that was designed by Marino Bagalini and made available as plans for amateur construction.^{[1] [2]}

Design and development

The Bagaliante is constructed from wood and metal and is of pod-and-boom layout.

The 12.21NaN1 span wing employs a Göttingen 535 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an NACA 4412 section at the wingtip. The wing uses a semi-tapered planform, tapering outboard of the mid-span point. The specified engine is a 190NaN0 Rotax 277 two-stroke aircraft engine, mounted aft of the cockpit and driving a pusher propeller mounted above the tail boom. The fixed mainwheels are located beside the fuselage on small sponsons.^[3]

Even with the small Rotax 277 fitted, the takeoff and landing distance is 461NaN1

The estimated time to build the aircraft from the plans is 700 hours.

External links

• Photos of Bagalini Bagaliante
• Photo of Bagalini Bagaliante

Notes and References

1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 304. BAI Communications.
2. Web site: Bagalini Bagaliante. 8 September 2011. Pilot Mix. n.d..
3. Web site: The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage. 8 September 2011. Lednicer. David. 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719211726/http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html. 19 July 2011. dead.