Taiwan Dancer TD-3

TD-3
Role Amateur-built aircraft
National origin Taiwan
Manufacturer Taiwan Dancer Technology Co.
Designer Chin Lien Wei
Introduction 2007
Status In production (2014)
Unit cost
US$72,785.18 (90% complete kit with Rotax 912 engine, 2012)

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]

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]

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 8.62 m (28.3 ft) span wing is supported by "V" struts, employs a NASA-HQ3.0 airfoil, has an area of 11.16 m2 (120.1 sq ft) and mounts flaperons. The wings can be folded in 15 minutes for ground transportation or storage. The recommended power range is 65 to 110 hp (48 to 82 kW) and the standard engines used are the 97 hp (72 kW) geared Volkswagen air-cooled engine and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.[1][2]

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

Specifications (TD-3)

Data from Bayerl and Taiwan Dancer[1][2]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 122. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 Taiwan Dancer Technology Co. (2007). "TD-3". Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  3. Taiwan Dancer Technology Co., Ltd. (2007). "Company Profile". Retrieved 29 December 2014.

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