Flight Design MC
{{Short description|German light-sport aircraft}}
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The Flight Design MC (Metal Concept) is a German light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flight Design, introduced at AirVenture in 2008. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 51. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 54. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}{{cite news|url = http://www.avweb.com/news/airventure/EAAAirVenture2008_FlightDesignIntroducesMetalVersionOfCTLSA_198396-1.html |title = Flight Design Introduces Metal Version Of CT LSA|access-date = 18 June 2012|last = Grady|first = Mary|date = 28 July 2008| work = AVweb}}
Design and development
The MC design was based on the general shape of the CT series, but rendered in metal and with a strut-braced wing, in place of the CT series' composite construction and cantilever wing. The design goal was to provide a more robust design, primarily for flight school use. The resulting MC has a lower cruise speed as well as less payload and range than the comparable Flight Design CTLW.
The MC was designed to comply with US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.{{cite web|url = http://www.sportpilot.org/learn/slsa/|title = EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft|access-date = 1 June 2012|last = Experimental Aircraft Association|author-link = Experimental Aircraft Association|date = 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa|archive-date = 28 February 2014|url-status = dead}}
The MC's structure is totally different from the CT series. Aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing forming a safety cage around the cockpit, with crumple zones built in. The wings and tail are predominantly aluminum sheet. Its {{convert|9.5|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} has an area of {{convert|11.3|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and flaps. The landing gear legs are composite and are adapted from the CTLS. To simplify fuel management the wing fuel tanks all feed via a single lever fuel supply system. A ballistic parachute is standard equipment. Standard engines available are the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912UL and the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS and Rotax 912iS four-stroke powerplants.
Variants
;MCi
:Version with the Rotax 912iS {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine.
Specifications (MC)
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Flight Design MC}}
- [http://www.flightdesign.com/index.php?page=product&p=35 Official website]
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Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft
Category:Aircraft first flown in 2008