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| Former test pilot David Lockspeiser spent 1965-85 working on LDA (Land
Development Aircraft), tandem-wing utility aircraft with
military potential; 70% scaled prototype flown August
1971.
| barry flewitt, e-mail, 30.01.2016 17:25 Burn in the same arson attack that destroyed the Opticas. reply | | hugh m. gale, e-mail, 27.11.2010 22:37 Two photographs are in the 1971 december issue of Popular Science Magazine. Shows breakdown of major parts. reply | | George Frost, e-mail, 24.08.2010 12:44 I need profiles for bot Canard and wings, dimensions, incidences, Angles of attack, engine offsets etc. Can anybody help out please? tks reply | | Cive, e-mail, 12.05.2009 22:24 George look on ailiners.net do a photo search there are a few pics close up, I may have a 3 view somewhere. reply | |
| | CHOLET, e-mail, 11.05.2009 15:55 Land Development Aircraft
Role Experimental utility transport
Manufacturer Lockspeiser
Designed by David Lockspeiser
First flight 24 August 1971
Status Destroyed, cancelled from register.
Number built 1
The Lockspeiser LDA-01 (Land Development Aircraft) was a British seven-tenths scale research and development aircraft, which was designed and built by David Lockspeiser to prove a concept for a low-cost utility transport.
The LDA-01 was a single-seat canard monoplane, fabric covered with metal construction. It had a canard foreplane which was the same size as each mainplane. The wing was mounted at the rear-end of the box structure fuselage which was fitted with a four wheeled landing gear. It was designed to be fitted with a detachable payload container to allow easy conversion between roles, and was powered by a rear-mounted pusher engine. The LDA-01 G-AVOR first flew on 24 August 1971 at Wisley in Surrey, under the power of a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 piston engine, but was later refitted with a more powerful Lycoming O-320 engine. The aircraft (which by this time had been re-registered G-UTIL) was cancelled from the aircraft register as destroyed in 1987.[1] [2]
Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: One
Length: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
Height: 9 ft 1 in (2.77 m)
Wing area: 112.6 ft² (10.46 m²)
Empty weight: 1,236 lb (561 kg)
Gross weight: 1,617 lb (733 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320, 160 hp (119 kW)
Performance
Cruise speed: 106 mph (170 km /h)
Range: 299 miles (481 km) reply | | George Frost, e-mail, 11.03.2009 18:09 Want to build a 1 /4 scale RC model, where can I get more specs please? reply |
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