Tapanee Pegazair-100

Pegazair-100 STOL
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin Canada
Manufacturer Tapanee Aviation, Inc.
Designer Serg Dufour
First flight June 1991
Variants Tapanee Levitation 4

The Pegazair-100 STOL is a two-seat STOL homebuilt aircraft developed in Canada by Tapanee Aviation, Inc. of Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec.[1][2]

Development

A Zenair CH 701 STOL with the original Pega-STOL wing installed

Development of the Pegazair started in 1985 by Serg Dufour of Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec. Originally it consisted of a new set of Pega-STOL wings with retractable leading edge slats to be installed on Zenair CH 701 STOLs to replace their wings which have fixed leading edge slots. Dufour went on to develop a new fuselage and tail to match the wings. The Pegazair is a two seats in side-by-side configuration, strut-braced, high-wing monoplane with conventional landing gear. Fuselage construction is welded steel tubing with aluminum skin. The wings employ full length flaperons and leading edge slats that deploy automatically. The tailplane is slotted for slow speed authority. The prototype was outfitted with a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A-65 engine.[2][3]

The design was later developed into the four-seat Tapanee Levitation 4.[2]

Variants

Tapanee Pegazair-100 showing the slats extended
Pegazair P80
Powered by a 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL
Pegazair P100
Powered by a 80 hp (60 kW) Continental O-200 or 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914

Specifications (Pegazair-100 STOL)

Data from Manufacturer and Kitplanes[4]

General characteristics

Performance

See also


References

  1. "Tapanee Pegazair-100 Stol". Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 122. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. Jack Cox (April 1993). "The Pegazair". Sport Aviation: 38.
  4. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 71. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

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