Lancair Legacy

Lancair Legacy
Lancair Legacy
Role Kit aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lancair
Primary user Colombian Air Force
Unit cost
Kit for fixed gear model US$57,500 (2011)[1]
Kit for retractable gear model US$71,500 (2011)[1]
US$220,000 to US$320,000 completed aircraft (2011)[1]
Developed from Lancair 320
Lancair Legacy FG
Legacy FG instrument panel
Legacy FG
Lancair Super Legacy 550 Twin Turbo

The Lancair Legacy, a modernized version of the Lancair 320, is a low-wing two-place retractable-gear composite monoplane, manufactured by the US company Lancair. It is available as a kit that cost US$71,500 in 2011.[1] There is also a fixed-gear version, the Legacy FG. The retractable version of the Legacy cruises at 276 mph at 8,000 and the fixed gear version cruises at 215 mph  ft.[1][2][3]

Design and development

The Legacy features a cantilever low wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed or retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[3]

The aircraft is made from vacuum-formed composite sandwiches. Its 7.8 m (25.6 ft) span wing employs a Cole GC10 airfoil at the wing root and a Cole GC11 airfoil at the wingtip. The wing has an area of 7.6 m2 (82 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The aircraft can accept engines of 200 to 310 hp (149 to 231 kW). The standard engine used is the 310 hp (231 kW) Continental IO-550 but engines as small as the 200 hp (149 kW) Lycoming IO-360 four-stroke powerplant can be fitted.[3][4]

In 2014, a Lancair Legacy won the Grand Champion Kit Built award at the EAA AirVenture airshow.[5]

Variants

Legacy RG 550[6]
Retractable landing gear model[3]
Legacy FG 390 and FG 550
Turbine Lancair Legacy
Fixed landing gear model with Lycoming IO-390 or IO-550[3]
Legacy Turboprop
One example built with the project name "Turbulence"
CIAC T-90 Calima
Licence-built by CIAC in Colombia for the Colombian Air Force

Operators

In 2009 the Colombian Air Force ordered 25 modified Legacy FGs to be used as basic trainers. The aircraft feature 15% more wing area than the standard Legacy FG wing, leading-edge cuffs and a ventral fin to improve stability and low-speed handling along with a reshaped vertical tail and rudder. The aircraft are known as the Lancair Synergy and were delivered as kits for assembly in Colombia. The first Synergy was flown in September 2010.[7][8][9]

Specifications (Legacy)

Data from Lancair Legacy webpage[2]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 58. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. 1 2 Lancair (2010). "Legacy". Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  4. Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  5. "High-Country Legacy". Sport Aviation: 64. February 2015.
  6. "Lancair Legacy Price List". Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  7. Aero-News Network (February 2009). "Lancair To Provide Colombian Air Force With Training Aircraft". Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  8. Moore, Andrew (February 2009). "With new deal, Lancair is flying high". Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  9. Pew, Glenn (October 2010). "Colombian Air Force Flies Lancair Synergy". AvWeb. Retrieved 11 October 2010.

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