New Merlin GT 1995 The airplane kit was purchased in 1995 from Merlin Aircraft in Michigan. It is.
Item specifics
| Condition: | New | Make: | Merlin GT |
| Model Year: | 1995 |
The Merlin has been described as the Jeep of the sport plane industry. This airplane was designed from a wish list. Pilots, instructors, and experienced homebuilders were surveyed and asked what they wanted in an affordable airplane, and then designer John Birch was off to the drawing board.
They came up with a sturdy airframe made of heavier than normal steel tubing, a 41 inch wide cockpit with a large instrument panel area, and 8 by 6 tundra tires. The latest models were improved with a one piece fiberglass cowling, and at Cessna 140 style skylight.
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: 2016-11-12