Jurca Sirocco
| MJ-5 Sirocco | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Sport aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Homebuilt |
| Designer | Marcel Jurca |
| First flight | 25 July 1962 |
| Number built | >80 |
| Developed from | Jurca Tempete |
The Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco (named for the Sirocco wind) is a two-seat sport aircraft designed in France in the early 1960s and marketed for homebuilding.[1] It is one of many wooden homebuilt designs from Romainian born designer Marcel Jurca. Jurca, a Henschel Hs 129 pilot in World War II marketed the plans in Canada and America through Falconar Aviation.[2] It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration and wooden construction throughout.[3] The tandem seats are enclosed by a bubble canopy, and the tailwheel undercarriage can be built as either fixed or with retractable main units. Marcel Jurca died on 19 October 2001, at which time plans were still available from the designer's web site.
Variants
- MJ-5
- Basic variant
- MJ-50 Windy
- All-metal version with retractable landing gear (never built)
- MJ-51 Sperocco
- ("Special Sirocco") - performance version with wing taken from Jurca Gnatsum
- MJ-52 Zéphyr
- (English: Zephyr wind) - utility version with converted Volkswagen automotive engine or Continental A65
- MJ-53 Autan
- (English: Autan wind) - version with side-by-side seating - 2 built
- MJ-55 Biso
- (English: Biso wind) - 1 built)
Specifications (typical MJ.5)
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 6.20 m (20.6 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 7.34 m (24.5 ft 0 in)
- Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 10.0 m2 (108 ft2)
- Empty weight: 430 kg (947 lb)
- Gross weight: 920 kg (2,030 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320, 110 kW (150 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 320 km/h (199 mph)
- Cruising speed: 240 km/h (149 mph)
- Stall speed: 105 km/h (65 mph)
- Range: 1,300 km (800 miles)
- Endurance: 4 hours 20 min
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
- G limits: +6/-3
References
- ↑ "All these planes you can build from plans". Popular Science: 99. June 1970.
- ↑ Nick Stasinos (February 1972). "Marcel's Mini Fighters". Plane & Pilot.
- ↑ Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 76. Winter 1969. Missing or empty
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- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 547.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88. London: Jane's Publishing Company. p. 577.
- Sirocco on designer's website
- pilotfriend.com
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