![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/MONERAI-S.jpg/640px-MONERAI-S.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Monnett Monerai
Type of aircraft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Monnett Monerai?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
The Monnett Monerai is a sailplane that was developed in the United States in the late 1970s for homebuilding. It is a conventional pod-and-boom design with a V-tail and a mid-mounted cantilever wing of constant chord.
Monerai | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Monerai S | |
Role | Sailplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Monnett Experimental Aircraft |
Designer | John Monnett |
First flight | 1978 |
Introduction | 1978 |
Number built | 100 by January 1984 from 375 kits sold |
The kit assembles in approximately 600 hours. It has bonded wing skins and incorporates 90° flaps for glide path control. The pod-and-boom fuselage consists of a welded steel tube truss encased in a fiberglass shell, with an aluminum tube for the tailboom. A spar fitting modification was released in 1983.[1]
A powered version was designed as the Monerai P with an engine mounted on a pylon above the wings. A Sachs Rotary Engine was chosen for the prototype.[2] A version with extended wing tips is also available (Monerai Max) which increases the span to 12 m (39 ft) and raises the glide ratio from 28:1 to more than 30:1.[3]
The powered Monerai P and the unpowered Monerai S versions are identical structurally.