Garland Vampire Explained
The
Garland Vampire is an Australian
amateur-built aircraft that is derived from the
Sadler Vampire and was produced by
Garland Aerospace of
Camden, New South Wales. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
[1] The company seems to have been founded about 2013 and gone out of business in 2016 and production ended.[2]
Design and development
The Vampire features a cantilever mid-wing, a single-seat cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration, with a twin-boom tail.[1]
The aircraft is of mixed construction, with the wings, tail and tail-booms made from aluminum and the fuselage cockpit pod and wingtips from fibreglass. The aircraft can have its wings removed and be ready for ground trailer transport in 10 minutes, without the need to disconnect the flying controls.[1]
Variants
- Vampire GA-1
This lower-powered model has a 7.41NaN1 span wing with an area of 9.4m2. The empty weight is 1200NaN0 and gross weight 2350NaN0. The standard engine used is the 360NaN0 Aixro XF-40 four-stroke Wankel engine.[1]
- Vampire GA-2
An updated model of the original SV-2 for the homebuilt market. The standard engine used is the 600NaN0 HKS 700E four-stroke powerplant.[3]
- Vampire GA-3
This higher-powered model incorporates Kevlar in the cockpit pod construction. It has a 71NaN1 span wing with an area of 8.65m2. The empty weight is 1700NaN0 and gross weight 3200NaN0. The standard engine used is the 600NaN0 HKS 700E four-stroke powerplant.[1] External links
Notes and References
- Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 109. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
- Web site: Garland Aerospace . Internet Archive Wayback Machine . 4 April 2017.
- Web site: Aircraft. 5 April 2017. Garland Aerospace. garlandaerospace.com.au. 15 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331182009/http://garlandaerospace.com.au/?q=aircraft. 31 March 2016.
