Leger Pataplume 1
{{Short description|French homebuilt aircraft}}
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The Leger Pataplume 1 is a French amateur-built aircraft, designed by Leger Aviation of Archiac and made available in the form of plans for amateur construction. The aircraft's design goals are simplicity and economy of construction with low operating costs.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 107. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
When it was available the aircraft was marketed with the French slogan "simplicite, economie, amusement".{{cite web|url = http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr/photosite/LE%20PATAPLUME%201.pdf|title = La Pataplume|accessdate = 4 October 2012|last = Leger Aviation|date = n.d.|archiveurl = http://www.aero-constructeurs-amateurs-atlantique.fr/joomla/images/plansKits/FetJC_leger/pataplume1.pdf |archivedate = 30 December 2014}}
By 2013 the company website had been removed and the plans were apparently no longer available.{{cite web|url=http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr/ |title=Leger Aviation |accessdate=30 December 2014 |last=Leger Aviation |date=n.d. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514212948/http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr/ |archivedate=14 May 2013 }}
Design and development
The Pataplume 1 features a strut-braced mid-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from wood and finished with doped aircraft fabric. Its {{convert|10|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|16.5|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and is supported by two parallel struts per wing. The recommended engine is a {{convert|45|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} 1600 cc Volkswagen air-cooled engine four-stroke powerplant.
While there were no kits supplied for the design, Leger Aviation did supply all needed raw materials.
Specifications (Pataplume 1)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr/}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://sarllegeraviation.free.fr Website archives] on Archive.org
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