Adam RA-14 Loisirs
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| RA-14 Loisirs at Mery-sur-Oise airfield near Paris in May 1957 | |
| Role | light sporting high-wing cabin monoplane |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Roger Adam |
| Designer | Roger Adam |
| Status | Rights sold to Maranda Aircraft Company LTD in 1957[1] |
| Primary user | private owners and aero clubs |
| Variants | Falconar AMF-S14 |
The RA-14 Loisirs was a French two-seat high-wing light touring aircraft designed by Roger Adam shortly after World War II.
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[edit] Design and production
The Loisirs ("Leisure") was designed in May 1945 by Etablissements Aeronautiques R. Adam. It was a tube, wood and fabric two-seater suitable for amateur construction. It was a high-wing braced monoplane of with fixed tail-wheel undercarriage. The seats were positioned side-by-side.[2]
The company sold plans and manufactured parts for the aircraft which could be fitted with a range of engines of between 65 h.p and 80 h.p. These included the Regnier 4D and Continental A65, A75 and C90 engines.
[edit] Variants
The design rights were sold in 1957 to the Maranda Aircraft Company of Canada who sold plans for amateur construction of the Loisirs RA14BM1 as the Falconar AMF-S14. More than 30 examples were built in North America.[2]
[edit] Survivors
Of the French production of 40 Loisirs, 17 were active in 1965 and five were still flying in the country in 2001.[3]
[edit] Specification
Data from Airlife's World Aircraft[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 6.99 m (22 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 10.90 m (35 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 16.0 m2 (172 sq ft) [4]
- Empty weight: 279 kg (616 lb)
- Gross weight: 479 kg (1,056 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 air-cooled flat-four, 48 kW (65 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h; 76 kn (87 mph)
- Cruise speed: 121 km/h; 65 kn (75 mph)
- Range: 451 km; 243 nmi (280 mi)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,123 ft) [4]
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ "Maranda Aircraft". http://www.aviastar.org/manufacturers/1412.html. Retrieved 3 Jan 2011.
- ^ a b Green, 1965, p. 34
- ^ a b Simpson, 2001, p. 3
- ^ a b Taylor 1965, pp. 24–25.
- Bibliography
- Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN none.
- Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
- Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Sampson Low, Marston.
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