Monnett Moni
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| name=Moni | image=Monnett moni.JPG | caption=Monnett Moni on display in the National Air and Space Museum }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=Sport aircraft | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Monnett Experimental Aircraft Inc for homebuilding | designer=John Monnett | first flight=July 24, 1981 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=380 kits sold between 1982 and 1986{{cite web|url=http://collections.nasm.si.edu/code/emuseum.asp?profile=objects&newstyle=single&quicksearch=A19920066000 |title=Monnett Moni |work=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum website |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=2008-10-08}} | developed from= | variants with their own articles=Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C }} |
The Monnett Moni is a sport aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s and marketed for homebuilding.
Designed by John Monnett, who coined the term "air recreation vehicle" to describe it, it is a single-seat motorglider with a low, cantilever wing and a V-tail. Construction is of metal throughout, and it is intended to be easy and inexpensive to build and fly. Like many sailplanes, the main undercarriage is a single monowheel, which in this case was mounted in a streamlined fairing beneath the fuselage and is not retractable, with a steerable tailwheel behind it. Builders are also given the option of constructing their example with fixed tricycle undercarriage.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1984-85, 756 Power is provided by a small two-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled engine.
Examples of the Moni are on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum,{{cite web|url=http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!228134!0|title=Monnett Experimental Aircraft, Inc. (MONI) Collection, 1981|work=Smithsonian Institution Research Information System|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|accessdate=2008-10-07}} and the EAA AirVenture Museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Monnett%20Moni.asp |title=Monnet Moni – N107MX |work=AirVenture Museum website |publisher=EAA |accessdate=2008-10-08}}
Variants
The Sonex Xenos motorglider is an evolution of the Moni, and provided much of the design foundation for the Sonex line of aircraft.Rozansky, Murry: [https://www.sonexaircraft.com/press/kitplanes_xenos_0405.pdf "Soaring with Sonex: Designer John Monnett returns to the motorglider scene with the two-place Xenos,"] April 2005, Kitplanes, retrieved August 22, 2020
The all-electric-powered Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C is a modified Monnett Moni in taildragger configuration.Laboda, Amy: [https://www.kitplanes.com/electraflyer-c-concept-airplane-flying-2/ "ElectraFlyer-C Concept Airplane Flying,"] August 1, 2008, Kitplanes retrieved August 22, 2020
Specifications (with tricycle gear)
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|prime units? = imp
|crew=One pilot
|length m=4.46
|length ft=14
|length in=8
|span m=8.38
|span ft=27
|span in=6
|height m=1.07
|height ft=3
|height in=6
|wing area sqm=7.0
|wing area sqft=75
|empty weight kg=118
|empty weight lb=260
|gross weight kg=227
|gross weight lb=500
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=IAME KFM 107
|eng1 kw=22
|eng1 hp=30
|max speed kmh=193
|max speed mph=120
|cruise speed kmh=177
|cruise speed mph=110
|range km=515
|range miles=320
|ceiling m=3,810
|ceiling ft=12,500
|glide ratio=20
|climb rate ms=2.5
|climb rate ftmin=500
|sink rate ms=0.85
|sink rate ftmin=167
}}
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References
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- {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1984-85 |url=https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai8485john |url-access=registration |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London }}
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Category:1980s United States sport aircraft