Avid Aircraft Magnum
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The Avid Aircraft Magnum is an American two-seat homebuilt cabin monoplane which was designed and sold as kits by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho.
Design and development
The Magnum is a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with a welded steel tube fuselage, the wings have aluminium spars and wooden ribs covered with Ceconite. The Magnum was sold without an engine and was designed for a range of Lycoming engines from {{convert|115|to|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}, for example the Lycoming O-235, O-320 or the O-360. The enclosed cabin has side-by-side configuration seating for two with an option for an additional seat in the baggage area for two children or a small adult. It has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and some are fitted with floats.
By 2010 the aircraft was back in production by the Airdale Flyer Company of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. The Airdale version includes some modifications, including enlarged landing gear, plus optional tricycle landing gear.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 92. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 94. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Specifications (fitted with a 160hp O-320 engine)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996
|prime units? = imp
|crew=one
|capacity=one passenger
|length m=6.40
|length ft=21
|length in=0
|span m=10.06
|span ft=33
|span in=0
|height m=1.86
|height ft=6
|height in=1.25
|wing area sqm=13.03
|wing area sqft=140.25
|empty weight kg=465
|empty weight lb=1025
|gross weight kg=794
|gross weight lb=1750
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-320 four cylinder, air-cooled, horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine
|eng1 kw=119
|eng1 hp=160
|max speed kmh=241
|max speed mph=150
|cruise speed kmh=209
|cruise speed mph=130
|stall speed kmh=58
|stall speed mph=36
|ceiling m=5335
|ceiling ft=17500
|climb rate ms=7.6
|climb rate ftmin=1500
}}
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References
=Notes=
=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |editor=Paul Jackson |title= Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995-1996|year=1995 |publisher=Jane's Information Group Limited|isbn= 0-7106-1262-1}}
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External links
- {{commons-inline|Avid Aircraft}}
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