Tapanee Levitation 4

Levitation 4
Role Four-seat homebuilt STOL aircraft
National origin Canada
Manufacturer Tapanee Aviation
Designer Michel Lequin
First flight 2002
Number built 3 (Dec 2011)[1]
Developed from Tapanee Pegazair-100
Variants Tapanee Levitation 2

The Tapanee Levitation 4 is a Canadian four-seat STOL aircraft designed to be homebuilt by Michel Lequin for Tapanee Aviation of Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec.[1][2][3]

Design and development

A larger version of the companies earlier Pegazair bushplane, the Levitation is a high-wing monoplane with V-strut bracing.[2] Powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 flat-six piston engine with a two-blade propeller.[2] The Leviation has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and a cabin holding a pilot and three passengers in two rows of side-by-side seating.[2][3] By December 2004 five kits had been sold.[2]

Specifications

Data from [2]Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development


References

Notes
  1. 1 2 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 71. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jackson 2008, p. 87
  3. 1 2 Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 73. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
Bibliography
  • Paul Jackson, ed. (2008). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009. Coulsdon, Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2837-4. 

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