New Merlin GT 1995 The airplane kit was purchased in 1995 from Merlin Aircraft in Michigan. It is.



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Condition: New Make: Merlin GT
Model Year: 1995
The airplane kit was purchased in 1995 from Merlin Aircraft in Michigan. It is 95% finished as you can see from the pictures. My estimate is that it will take less than 100 hours to finish. Everything to complete the airplane is included in the selling price. It has a 3 blade warp drive prop and an EA-81 Subaru motor. We are selling due to medical issues. Selling as is. Serious offers only, please!
They came up with a sturdy air frame made of heavier than normal steel tubing, a 41 inch wide cockpit with a large instrument panel area, and 8 by 6 tundra tires.
Fuel capacity is 16 gallons. Length is 20 feet, height is 6"4". The 30 foot wings have rounded wingtips. Wing area is 167 ft. and wing loading is 7.8 pounds per square foot. The wings are designed to handle normal load limit of +4 and -2 G"s. The Merlin GT stalls at 33 mph and can cruise up to 333 miles. Payload with full fuel is 712 pounds. The wing is foldable for transporting the airplane. Climb is 800 ft./m, although if you"re flying solo, the climb rate will increase to 1200 ft./m. Cruise is about 90 miles per hour and you"ll need 150 feet to land. The fabric, tubing, and sheet metal craft took about 300 to 450 hours to build.
Current date: 2017-01-18