Monnett Monerai

Monerai
Monerai S
Role Sailplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Monnett Experimental Aircraft
Designer John Monnett
First flight 1978
Introduction 1978
Number built 100 by January 1984 from 375 kits sold.


The Monnett Monerai is a sailplane that was developed in the United States in the late 1970s for homebuilding. It is a conventional pod-and-boom design with a V-tail and a mid-mounted cantilever wing of constant chord.

The kit assembles in approximately 600 hours. It has bonded wing skins and incorporates 90° flaps for glide path control. The fuselage is of steel tube construction encased in a fiberglass shell. A spar fitting modification was released in 1983.[1]

A powered version was designed as the Monerai P with an engine mounted on a pylon above the wings. A Sachs Rotary Engine was chosen for the prototype.[2] A version with extended wing tips is also available (Monerai Max) which increases the span to 12 m (39 ft) and raises the glide ratio from 28:1 to more than 30:1.[3]

Both the powered Monerai P and the unpowered Monerai S versions are identical structurally.

Variants

Monerai S
unpowered glider
Monerai P
powered glider equipped with the 22 hp (16 kW) Zenoah G-25 or the 25 hp (19 kW) KFM 107 engine.[3]
Monerai Max
Monerai P version with extended wing tips[3]

Aircraft on display

Specifications (Monerai S)

General characteristics

Performance


References

  1. Flying Magazine: 12. July 1983. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. John Monnett (Oct 1977). "Try a new flavor... the Monerai". Sport Aviation.
  3. 1 2 3 Said, Bob: 1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine, page 123. Soaring Society of America, November 1983. USPS 499-920
  4. US Southwest Soaring Museum (2010). "Sailplanes, Hang Gliders & Motor Gliders". Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  5. http://neam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=870

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