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The Lockspeiser LDA-01 (Land Development Aircraft) was a British seven-tenths scale research and development aircraft, which was designed and built by David Lockspesier to prove a concept for a low-cost utility transport.
The LDA-01 was a single-seat canard monoplane, fabric covered with metal construction. It had a canard foreplane which was the same size as each mainplane. The wing was mounted at the rear-end of the box structure fuselage which was fitted with a four wheeled landing gear. It was designed to be fitted with a detachable payload container to allow easy conversion between roles, and was powered by a rear-mounted pusher engine. The LDA-01 G-AVOR first flew on 24 August 1971 at Wisley in Surrey, under the power of a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 piston engine, but was later refitted with a more powerful Lycoming O-320 engine. The aircraft (which by this time had been re-registered G-UTIL) was cancelled from the aircraft register as destroyed in 1987.[1] [2]
Specifications
Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919 [3] Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77 [4]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
Performance
References
- ^ "GINFO Search Results, G-AVOR". CAA. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- ^ "GINFO Search Results, G-UTIL". CAA. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- ^ Jackson 1974, p.259
- ^ Taylor 1976, p.190
- Jackson, A.J.British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3, 1974, Putnam, London, ISBN 0 370 10014 X, Page 259
- Taylor, John W.R, (ed). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77. London: Macdonald and Jane's. 1976. Page 190. ISBN 0354 00538 3.
External links
1000aircraftphotos.com - Photos of LDA-01