St-Just Super-Cyclone
{{Short description|Canadian amateur-built aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=August 2021}}
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The St-Just Super-Cyclone is a Canadian amateur-built aircraft that was at one time produced by St-Just Aviation of Boucherville, Quebec. By 2023 production had passed to Bushliner Aircraft Manufacturing of Granite Falls, Washington who were building it as the Bushliner 1850EX. The aircraft is supplied as plans or as a kit for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 120. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XDowney, Julia: 2005 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 53. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 257 BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 127. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}{{cite web|url= https://bushliner.com/aircraft/experimental-bushliner-1850-formerly-cyclone/|title= Bushliner 1850EX|access-date= 21 March 2023|author= Bushliner Aircraft Manufacturing|work= bushliner.com|year= 2023|archive-url= https://archive.today/20230321164936/https://bushliner.com/aircraft/experimental-bushliner-1850-formerly-cyclone/|archive-date= 21 March 2023|url-status= live}}
Design and development
The Super-Cyclone is a development of the earlier St-Just Cyclone and is based on the Cessna 180 and Cessna 185 airframe design. The kit manufacturer terms it "a replica" of the Cessna designs. Like the 180/185 it features a strut-braced high-wing, a four-seat enclosed cabin accessed via doors, fixed conventional landing gear, skis or floats and a single engine in tractor configuration.{{cite web|url = http://www3.sympatico.ca/st-justaviation/product.html|title = Kits|accessdate = 20 October 2012|last = St-Just Aviation|date = n.d.}}
The aircraft is made from sheet 2024-T3 aluminum, with some parts made from 6061-T6 and 7075-T6. Its {{convert|38.1|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} extended-span wing employs a NACA 2412 airfoil, has an area of {{convert|191|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} and mounts large Fowler flaps. The aircraft can be equipped with engines ranging from {{convert|200|to|350|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The standard engine used is the {{convert|300|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental IO-520 four-stroke powerplant. The design includes improvements over the Cessna, including vertically hinged doors and longer span flaps combined with shorter span ailerons, in a similar manner to the Cessna 206.Downey, Julia: 1999 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 66. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
Operational history
In March 2017 there were seven Super-Cyclones on the Transport Canada Civil Aircraft Register and one registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration.{{cite web|url = http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=%7c%7c&mn=%7cSUPERCYCLONE%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=%7c%7c&m=%7c%7c|title = Canadian Civil Aircraft Register|accessdate = 7 March 2017|author = Transport Canada|date = 7 March 2017}}{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=SUPER+CYCLONE&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 7 March 2017|author = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 7 March 2017}}
Specifications (Super-Cyclone)
File:St Just Aviation Super Cyclone C-GGXU on amphib floats 02.JPG
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website| https://bushliner.com/}}
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Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft