Defiant 300

Defiant 300
Role Training/Light Attack Aircraft
National origin Philippines
Manufacturer Philippine Aerospace Development Corporation
Designer Panfillo Villaruel
First flight February 1988
Status Cancelled
Primary user Philippine Air Force
Number built 1 and 1 incomplete airfrme
Unit cost
PHP40 million (1987)

The Defiant 300 is a prototype aircraft of the Philippines developed in cooperation with the PADC, Philippine Air Force and the Philippine Aerospace and Sciences Foundation (PASF). The project was made possible through Capt. Panfillo Villaruel, the man who designed the aircraft, and the one who also contributed to the creation of the first indigenous Filipino-made helicopter, the PADC Hummingbird. The first prototype was completed in 1986 and had its maiden flight in 1987, which lasted a little more than an hour. The Defiant 300's fuselage was of composite construction (wood and fiberglass) and was powered by a 300 hp Lycoming piston engine. Landing gear was taken from the Beech T-34 and provided by the PAF. The intent of the program was to provide the PAF with a trainer and light strike aircraft similar in performance to the Tucano. The Defiant 300 was to have been followed by a larger version equipped with a turboprop engine and designated the "Defiant 500". The project languished soon after the development of the prototype because of lack of government support. Currently, The sole remaining prototype now lies abandoned and displayed in a hangar at the Philippine State College of Aeronautics.

Specifications (Defiant 300)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91[1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. Lambert 1990, p. 191.

External links

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