Taiwan Dancer TD-3 explained

The Taiwan Dancer TD-3 is a Taiwanese amateur-built aircraft produced by Taiwan Dancer Technology Co. of Nangang Village, Dayuan District, Taoyuan City. Designed by Chin Lien Wei, the aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.^{[1] [2]}

By May 2017 the company website had been taken down and the company may have ceased operations.^[3]

Design and development

The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with doors for access, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.^{[1] [2] [4]}

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing while the wing is made from aluminum sheet parts, with all surfaces covered in formed epoxy polymer. Its 8.621NaN1 span wing is supported by "V" struts, employs a NASA-HQ3.0 airfoil, has an area of 11.16m2 and mounts flaperons. The wings can be folded in 15 minutes for ground transportation or storage. The recommended power range is 65to and the standard engines used are the 970NaN0 geared Volkswagen air-cooled engine and the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.^{[1] [2] [4]}

The TD-3 was completed in 2007 and won first prize for an aircraft design, awarded by the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 122. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
2. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 129. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
3. Web site: Taiwan Dancer. 26 May 2017. Taiwan Dancer Technology Co., Ltd. . tdaircraft.myweb.hinet.net.
4. Web site: TD-3. 22 October 2012. Taiwan Dancer Technology Co.. 2007.
5. Web site: Company Profile. 29 December 2014. Taiwan Dancer Technology Co., Ltd.. 2007. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141230024025/http://tdaircraft.myweb.hinet.net/en/company2.html. 30 December 2014.