TechProAviation Merlin 100

Merlin 100

The prototype Merlin 100
Role	Amateur-built aircraft
National origin	Czech Republic
Manufacturer	TechProAviation
Introduction	2011
Status	In production (2012)
Unit cost	€5,000 (kit, less engine, 2011)

The TechProAviation Merlin 100 is a Czech amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by TechProAviation of Olomouc. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.^[1]

Design and development

The Merlin 100 features a cantilever high-wing, a single-seat enclosed open cockpit accessed via a single door on the fuselage righthand side, fixed tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.^[1]

The aircraft is made from matched-hole drilled sheet aluminum. Its 7.8 m (25.6 ft) span wing has an area of 7.05 m² (75.9 sq ft) and mounts flaps. The standard engine used is the 35 hp (26 kW) Verner JCV 360 twin cylinder four-stroke powerplant. Alternative engines include the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke, 50 hp (37 kW) Hirth F-23 and 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplants. The aircraft will be marketed as a kit only.^[1]^[2]

By mid-2011 only the prototype had flown, logging 100 hours of testing.^[1]

Variants

Merlin 100 UL: Version for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class^[2]
Merlin 100 ML: Proposed lightened version for the German 120 kg (265 lb) class^[3]

Specifications (Merlin 100 UL)

Data from Bayerl and TechProAviation^[1]^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Height: 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 7.05 m² (75.9 sq ft)
Empty weight: 150 kg (331 lb)
Gross weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
Fuel capacity: 50 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Verner JCV 360 twin cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 26 kW (35 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed composite

Performance

Cruising speed: 160 km/h (99 mph; 86 kn)
Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn) flaps down
Never exceed speed: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn)
Wing loading: 42.5 kg/m² (8.7 lb/sq ft)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 123. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
1 2 3 TechProAviation (2011). "Merlin 100 UL". Retrieved 24 October 2012.
↑ TechProAviation (2011). "Merlin 100 ML". Retrieved 24 October 2012.

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