Engineering:SITAR GY-100 Bagheera
| GY-100 Bagheera | |
|---|---|
| Role | Civil utility aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SITAR |
| Designer | Yves Gardan |
| First flight | 20[1] or 21 December 1967[2] |
| Number built | 2[1] |
The SITAR GY-100 Bagheera (named after Bagheera, a character in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book[2]) was a light aircraft designed and built in France in the late 1960s.[3][4] Designed by Yves Gardan, it was a low-wing, cantilever monoplane of conventional layout with fixed, tricycle undercarriage.[2] The fully enclosed cabin had seating for up to four people in 2+2 configuration.[3][5] Construction was of metal throughout.[2]
Type certification was granted in 1971,[6] and Gardan hoped to market the Bagheera through his company, SITAR.[2] However, with the oil crisis looming[6] and after the prototype disintegrated in flight,[5] Gardan abandoned development.[5][6] Only two examples were built.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72[7]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3 passengers
- Length: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in)
- Height: 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 12.20 m2 (131.3 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 918 kg (2,024 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 150 L (33 imp gal; 40 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 air-cooled flat-four, 101 kW (135 hp) (derated from 110 kW (150 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed metal fixed-pitch, 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn) at 1,500 m (4,900 ft)
- Stall speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)
- Range: 980 km (610 mi, 530 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,800 m (12,500 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
- Takeoff run: 150 m (490 ft)
- Landing run: 90 m (300 ft)
Notes
References
- "GY100 BAGHEERA". L'APAG. Association des Propriétaires et Amateurs d'avions Gardan. http://avionsgardan.org/les-avions-gardan/gy100-bagheera/.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing. pp. 2857.
- "New from France". Flight International: 749. 16 May 1968. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1968/1968%20-%200783.html. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
- Noetinger, Jacques. "Le concepteur - Yves Gardan". L'APAG. Association des Propriétaires et Amateurs d'avions Gardan. http://avionsgardan.org/yves-gardan/.
- Parmentier, Bruno. "Gardan GY-100 'Bagheera'". Aviafrance. http://www.aviafrance.com/2483.htm.
- Roy, Gil. "Yves Gardan, le père du GY80 " Horizon " est décédé". Aerobuzz par Gil Roy. http://www.gilroy.fr/spip.php?article798.
- Taylor, John W. R., ed (1971). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.. ISBN 0-354-00094-2.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
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