| Colombo | |
|---|---|
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Marino Bagalini |
| Status | Plans available (1998) |
The Bagalini Colombo (English: Dove) is an Italian homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Marino Bagalini. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.[1]
Design and development
The Colombo features a strut-braced parasol wing, a two-seats in side-by-side configuration open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear, or optional tricycle landing gear, and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from wood and metal, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 10.5 m (34.4 ft) span wing employs an RSG 35 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an RSG 36 airfoil at the wing tip. The wing mounts Junkers ailerons and has a wing area of 16.723 m2 (180.00 sq ft). The standard engine used is the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant.[1][2]
The Colombo has an empty weight of 150 kg (330 lb) and a gross weight of 320 kg (710 lb), giving a useful load of 170 kg (370 lb). With full fuel of 23 litres (5.1 imp gal; 6.1 US gal) the payload is 151 kg (333 lb).[1]
The manufacturer estimates construction time from the supplied kit to be 700 hours.[1]
Specifications (Colombo)
Data from AeroCrafter and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 10.49 m (34.40 ft)
- Empty weight: 150 kg (330 lb)
- Gross weight: 318 kg (700 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 23 litres (5.1 imp gal; 6.1 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 447 twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke aircraft engine, 30 kW (40 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed composite
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
- Cruise speed: 66 km/h (41 mph, 36 kn)
- Stall speed: 42 km/h (26 mph, 23 kn)
- Range: 190 km (120 mi, 100 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 4.1 m/s (800 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 19 kg/m2 (3.9 lb/sq ft)
