Garrison Melmoth 2

Melmoth 2
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Peter Garrison
First flight 1 November 2002
Number built 1
Developed from Garrison Melmoth

The Garrison Melmoth 2 is the second aircraft design from author Peter Garrison.[1]

Development

The Melmoth 2 was started in August 1981 as a composite follow-on to the complex Melmoth homebuilt. Initial fuselage lay-up was performed by Garrison along with engineer Burt Rutan and future private astronaut Mike Melvill, who also performed a fair number of the test flights.[1] The aircraft is a single engine four-seat retractable tricycle gear low-wing with a T-tail arrangement. The rear seats face aft.[2] The engine is cooled using updraft air which enters through a single inlet below the spinner and emerges from the top of the cowling near the spinner. A single airbrake panel opens under the fuselage. The tapered wings are equipped with large Fowler flaps. The original design has been modified with 45-degree sweep winglets and gear doors.[3]

Specifications (Melmoth 2)

Data from Flying Magazine

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. 1 2 Garrison, Peter (August 1, 2003). "Melmoth 2: A Personal Airplane". Flying. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. "The Right Flyer". Popular Science. October 2003.
  3. "Five years with Melmoth 2". Flying Magazine. 25 May 2008.

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