DAC RangerR
| RangerR | |
|---|---|
| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | Netherlands |
| Manufacturer | Dutch Aeroplane Company |
| First flight | 15 September 2006 |
| Status | In production (2012) |
| Unit cost |
€60,000 (kit, 2011) |
| Developed from | Lucas Dieselis |
The DAC RangerR is a Dutch amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by the Dutch Aeroplane Company, of Dordrecht. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[1]
Design and development
The RangerR was a development of the Lucas Dieselis and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from composite sandwiches. Its 9.75 m (32.0 ft) span wing has an area of 10.24 m2 (110.2 sq ft) and flaps. The standard powerplant available is the 95 hp (71 kW) DAC YDT 1.7 litre diesel engine, developed by the airframe designers and based upon an Isuzu design.[1]
Specifications (RangerR)
Data from Bayerl and DAC[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 5.870 m (19 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 10.24 m2 (110.2 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
- Gross weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 90 litres (20 imp gal; 24 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × DAC YDT 1.7 litre diesel engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed composite
Performance
- Maximum speed: 235 km/h (146 mph; 127 kn)
- Cruising speed: 182 km/h (113 mph; 98 kn)
- Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph; 54 kn)
- Rate of climb: 3.5 m/s (690 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 73.2 kg/m2 (15.0 lb/sq ft)