Melmoth 2

The guy who designed and built this plane has a cool life. His name is Peter Garrison, he writes for flying magazine and built this experimental aircraft.

This is a really cool plane if you understand home building, or actually there are not many manufactured planes that perform like this aircraft. Look at it's cruising speed 170 kt at 55% power@8.2 gph, and has a rate of climb of 1,900 fpm. I may just have to build this as a 50% or 60% plane one day.

General description 4-seat all-composite single-engine tractor low wing monoplane with retractable landing gear

Powerplant Continental TSIO-360-F engine, 200 hp, with 76-inch Hartzell two-blade constant-speed propeller
Fuel capacity 142 US gallons

Gross weight 2,850 lbs
Empty weight 1,575 lbs
Normal operating weight (2 persons, 40 gals fuel, 100 lb baggage) 2,255 lbs
Landing gear Tricycle, hydraulically retractable, oleopneumatic; 600x6 tires on mains, 500x5 on steerable nosewheel; hydraulic brakes

Overall length 24.3 ft
Overall height 8.5 ft

Wing span 35 ft 10 in
Wing chord 52.3 in at the root, 21 in at BL 200, 6 in at the tip
Mean aerodynamic chord 38.82 in
Wing area 105.4 sq ft
Maximum wing loading 26.9 lb/sq ft
Normal wing loading 20.6 lb/sq ft
Aspect ratio 12.18
Airfoil sections Roncz laminar profiles, t/c .18 at root, .13 at BL 200; NACA 0009 at tip
Incidence 1.5 deg at root, -0.83 deg at tip
Sweep 0 deg at 0.31c to BL 200, then 40 deg
Dihedral 1 deg from root to BL 48, 3 deg from BL 48 to BL 200, 32 deg from BL 200 to BL 215
High lift devices .29c Fowler flap, 115 in span, 30 deg deflection, upper slot lip at 100% of chord, hydraulic actuation
Ailerons centerline hinged at .75c, 60 in span, deflection -27,+13

Horizontal tail 18.38 sq ft; elevator deflection -25, +15, upper-surface piano hinge at .60c; Roncz .12 t/c turbulent section
Vertical tail 10.88 sq ft; rudder deflection +-25, centerline hinge at .68c; Roncz .15 t/c laminar section

Airbrake 42 in span, 8 in chord, 60 deg deflection, hinged at FS 113.5 on fuselage bottom; hydraulic operation

Wetted area 480 sq ft
 

Design load factor Utility category (+4.4, -2.2) at 2,400 lbs

Drag coefficient 0.0214
Equivalent flat plate area 2.25 sq ft

Performance

Most of the values below are calculated on the basis of other observations; [C] indicates a calculated item.

At 2,100 pounds (eg, two persons, 40 gallons of fuel)

Maximum cruising speed (75% power at 18,000 feet) 200 kt @ 11 gph [C]
Economical cruising speed (55% power at 12,000 feet) 170 kt @ 8.2 gph
Rate of climb (sea level) 1,900 fpm @ 95 kias
Takeoff distance (sea level) 700 ft. [C]
Range with 45 minute reserve at 55% power 640 nm [C]

At 2,850 pounds (eg, three persons, 142 gallons of fuel)

Maximum cruising speed (75% power at 18,000 feet) 193 kt @ 11 gph [C]
Economical cruising speed (55% power at 12,000 feet) 163 kt @ 8.2 gph [C]
Rate of climb (sea level) 1,270 fpm @ 100 kias [C]
Takeoff distance (sea level) 1,300 ft. [C]
Range with 45 minute reserve at 55% power 2,690 nm [C]

Permission from Peter Garrison was given to AA to display these pictures.

(How cool is that!)