Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer
{{Short description|British homebuilt aircraft}}
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The Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is a British amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Mike Whittaker in the mid-1980s and supplied as plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 111. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 117. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The aircraft features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration, mounted on the keel tube, above the cockpit.
Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is made from aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its {{convert|8.54|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|11.2|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}. The standard engine used is the {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant.
The design is approved by the Light Aircraft Association in the UK.{{cite web|url = http://www.lightaircraftassociation.co.uk/pdf/Engineering/Website%20Accepted%20Aircraft%20List.pdf|title = Approved Homebuilt Types|accessdate = 10 October 2012|last = Light Aircraft Association|date = 25 September 2012}}
Variants
File:Whittaker MW-7 AN1472204.jpg
;MW5A
;MW5D
:Model with folding wings and the same wing area as the "A" model
;MW5K
:Seaplane version with a single monohull Full Lotus inflatable float and wing tip pontoons
;MW7
:Aerobatic version with shorter wingspan
Specifications (MW5A Sorcerer)
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References
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External links
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- [http://www.airliners.net/photo/Whittaker-MW-5D-Sorcerer/1302582/&sid=a376d29cea75031b6fb6b0d5d27593e2 Photo of Whittaker MW5D Sorcerer]
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Category:1980s British civil utility aircraft