Blue Yonder EZ King Cobra
EZ King Cobra | |
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Role | Kit plane |
National origin | Canada |
Manufacturer | Blue Yonder Aviation |
Designer | Wayne Winters |
First flight | 1998 |
Introduction | 1998 |
Primary user | Private owners |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Merlin |
Variants | EZ Harvard |
The Blue Yonder EZ King Cobra is a Canadian designed and built, single-engined, single-seat aircraft provided as a completed aircraft or in kit form by Blue Yonder Aviation. The aircraft is approximately a 60% scale replica of the Second World War Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter.[1]
The aircraft can be constructed in Canada as a basic ultra-light, or amateur-built aircraft, but is not currently available as an advanced ultra-light.[2][3]
Development
The EZ King Cobra was designed by Wayne Winters of Indus, Alberta and based on the earlier EZ Merlin. The project was started as a customer request for an ultralight category scale replica of a fighter and was later offered as a commercially available kit aircraft.
Winters created the EZ King Cobra by designing a new cantilever wing based on the Merlin wing, itself based on the Lazair wing design. The fuselage is constructed of welded 4130 steel tube and has a canopy and fin that resembles the original fighter design. The aircraft retained the Junker's ailerons of the original Merlin wing along with the Clark "Y" airfoil and construction featuring a leading edge "D" cell and foam ribs. The prototype is powered by a Rotax 582 two stroke engine of 64 hp (48 kW).[1][4]
The prototype of the new design flew in 1998. In the basic ultralight version gross weight is limited to the category maximum of 1,200 lb (544 kg).[1]
The EZ King Cobra can accommodate a variety of powerplants:[5]
Operational history
Despite being widely demonstrated no further orders have been received for the type and the prototype remains the sole flying example.[2]
Specifications (Rotax 582)
Data from Blue Yonder website[1]
General characteristics
Performance
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Winters, Wayne (n.d.). "EZ King Cobra". Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ a b Transport Canada (7 November 2016). "Canadian Civil Aircraft Register". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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- ^ a b Lednicer, David (October 2007). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Winters, Wayne (n.d.). "EZ King Cobra Price Lists". Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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