BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas
BRM Okavango
BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas (English: BRM Aircraft Manufacturing) is a Portuguese aircraft manufacturer based in Pero Pinheiro. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1]
The company is noted as one of very few light aircraft manufacturers located in Portugal, a country not known for aircraft production.[1]
BRM's aircraft are built with aluminium sheet "all-metal" construction. The company's first light two-seat STOL design was the BRM Okavango, which was superseded by the BRM Land Africa. The BRM Citius is an improved model, with a higher cruise speed. The company also produces a low-wing design, the two-seat BRM Argos.[1]
Chris Heintz, the designer of the Zenith STOL CH 701 considers the Land Africa an unauthorized copy of the CH 701.[1][2]
Aircraft
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Summary of aircraft built by BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas
| Model name |
First flight |
Number built |
Type |
| BRM Okavango |
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Two-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft, no longer in production |
| BRM Argos |
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Two-seat, low-wing microlight aircraft |
| BRM Land Africa |
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Two-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft |
| BRM Citius |
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Two-seat, high-wing STOL microlight aircraft |
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 33-34. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ Zenith Aircraft Company (n.d.). "STOL CH701". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
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