Scintex Rubis
{{Short description|French light aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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The Scintex ML 250 Rubis was a French civil utility aircraft of the 1960s.
Design and development
Scintex Aviation had manufactured the two-seat Emeraude from the late 1950s. In 1960 the firm designed the ML 145 four-seat low-wing cabin monoplane, powered by a 145 h.p. Continental O-300-B engine, the single example of which first flew on 25 May 1961.{{Harvnb|Green|1965|p=63}}
File:Scintex ML250 Rubis Toussus 1967.jpg
Scintex developed the ML 250 with a larger five-seat cabin and fitted with a {{convert|250|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-540 engine. This first flew on 3 June 1962.{{Harvnb|Simpson|2001|pp=489–490}} The aircraft was of a graceful design, using an all-wood construction, having a semi-monocoque plywood-covered fuselage and cantilever tapered low wing. The tail fin was swept and the aircraft, unusually, was fitted with a fully retractable tailwheel undercarriage.
Production and service
Eight production examples of the ML 250 Rubis were completed by Scintex during 1964-1965. Whilst the type had an advanced specification, it suffered from competition from contemporary all-metal aircraft types such as the Piper Comanche. The Rubis has remained in service with French private pilots and four were airworthy in 2005.{{Harvnb|Simpson|2001|p=489}} Two of these, including the aircraft pictured right (F-BJMD) were still active on the French civil aircraft register in 2015.{{Harvnb|Partington|2015|p=216}}
Specifications
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|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66{{Harvnb|Taylor|1965|p=55}}
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|crew=1
|capacity=3–4 passengers
|length m=7.75
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|wing area sqm=14.78
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|airfoil=root: NACA 23015 tip: NACA 23009
|aspect ratio=7:1
|empty weight kg=800
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|max takeoff weight kg=1475
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|fuel capacity={{convert|52|L|USgal impgal|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-540-A1D5
|eng1 type=air-cooled flat-six engine
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|eng1 hp=250
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|max speed kmh=315
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|max speed note=at sea level
|cruise speed kmh=270
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|cruise speed note=(econ cruise)
|stall speed kmh=98
|never exceed speed kmh=348
|range km=1550
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|range note=at {{convert|270|km/h|mph kn|abbr=on}}
|ceiling m=6500
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|climb rate ftmin=1275
|more performance=*Takeoff distance to 15 m (50 ft): {{convert|255|m|ft|abbr=on}}
- Landing distance from 15 m (50 ft): {{convert|345|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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References
{{commons category|Scintex Rubis}}
;Notes
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;Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last=Green|first=William|title=The Aircraft of the World|year=1965|publisher=Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd}}
- {{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Rod|title=Airlife's World Aircraft|year=2001|publisher=Airlife Publishing Ltd|isbn=1-84037-115-3}}
- {{cite book|last=Taylor|first=John W. R.|title=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66|year=1965|publisher=Sampson Low, Marson & Co., Ltd.|location=London}}
- {{cite book|last=Partington|first=David|title=European Registers Handbook 2015|year=2015|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Limited|location=Tonbridge|isbn=978-0-85130-475-5}}
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