Leger Pataplume 1 Explained
The
Leger Pataplume 1 is a French
amateur-built aircraft, 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.
[1] When it was available the aircraft was marketed with the French slogan "simplicite, economie, amusement".[2]
By 2013 the company website had been removed and the plans were apparently no longer available.[3]
Design and development
The Pataplume 1 features a strut-braced mid-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from wood and finished with doped aircraft fabric. Its 101NaN1 span wing has an area of 16.5m2 and is supported by two parallel struts per wing. The recommended engine is a 450NaN0 1600 cc Volkswagen air-cooled engine four-stroke powerplant.
While there were no kits supplied for the design, Leger Aviation did supply all needed raw materials.
External links
Notes and References
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- Web site: La Pataplume. 4 October 2012. Leger Aviation. n.d.. http://www.aero-constructeurs-amateurs-atlantique.fr/joomla/images/plansKits/FetJC_leger/pataplume1.pdf . 30 December 2014.
- Web site: Leger Aviation . 30 December 2014 . Leger Aviation . n.d. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130514212948/http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr/ . 14 May 2013 .
