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Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer | |
Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Designer | Mike Whittaker |
Introduction | mid-1980s |
Status | Plans available (2015) |
Variants | Whittaker MW6 |
The Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is a British amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Mike Whittaker in the mid-1980s and supplied as plans for amateur construction. [1] [2]
The aircraft features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration, mounted on the keel tube, above the cockpit. [1] [2]
Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is made from aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 8.54 m (28.0 ft) span wing has an area of 11.2 m2 (121 sq ft). The standard engine used is the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant. [1] [2]
The design is approved by the Light Aircraft Association in the UK. [1] [2] [3]
Data from Bayerl and Tacke [1] [2]
General characteristics
Performance
MW5 Sorcerer | |
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Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer | |
Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Designer | Mike Whittaker |
Introduction | mid-1980s |
Status | Plans available (2015) |
Variants | Whittaker MW6 |
The Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is a British amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Mike Whittaker in the mid-1980s and supplied as plans for amateur construction. [1] [2]
The aircraft features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration, mounted on the keel tube, above the cockpit. [1] [2]
Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is made from aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 8.54 m (28.0 ft) span wing has an area of 11.2 m2 (121 sq ft). The standard engine used is the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant. [1] [2]
The design is approved by the Light Aircraft Association in the UK. [1] [2] [3]
Data from Bayerl and Tacke [1] [2]
General characteristics
Performance