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The Militi M.B.2 Leonardo is an Italian single-seat powered flying-boat glider designed and built by Bruno Militi.[1]
M.B.2 Leonardo | |
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Role | Single-seat powered flying-boat glider |
National origin | Italy |
Designer | Bruno Militi |
First flight | 21 June 1970 |
Developed from | Militi M.B.1 |
A powered version of Militi's M.B.1 flying-boat glider the Leonardo is a parasol-wing monoplane with a two-step hull and a fuselage of aluminium alloy, wood and fibreglass.[1] The mixed construction wing is supported by two N-form cabane struts in the centre and a V-strut outboard on each side; it has plain ailerons but no flaps.[1] The pilot has an open cockpit with a small windscreen.[1] The 42 hp (31 kW) modified Panhard motor car engine is strut-mounted above the wing centre section and drives a two-bladed fixed-pitch laminated wood pusher propeller.[1] The aircraft was first flown on 21 June 1970 and was exhibited at the 1972 Turin Air Show.[1]
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1994-95[1]
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