TheDruine D.5 Turbi was a light aircraft designed in France in the 1950s for home building. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailskid undercarriage. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem, open cockpits. Essentially a scaled-up version of theDruine Turbulent design, the Turbi shared that aircraft's wooden construction. Again, like its predecessor, it was intended to be able to be powered by a variety of air-cooled engines.
The aircraft was marketed as plans and as a kit byFalconar Avia ofEdmonton , Alberta, Canada. Plans are now supplied byManna Aviation of Australia.[ 1] [ 2]
The Turbi is built using all-wood construction. The wing uses a two-spar design. It uses slotted ailerons.[ 3]
[ edit ] Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62,[ 4] [ 5]
General characteristics
Crew: oneCapacity: one passengerLength: 6.86 m (22 ft 6 in)Wingspan: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)Wing area: 13.50 m2 (145.3 sq ft)Airfoil :NACA 23012 Empty weight: 280 kg (617 lb)Gross weight: 495 kg (1,091 lb)Powerplant: 1 ×Beaussier air-cooled 4-cylinder engine, 34 kW (45 hp)Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propellerPerformance
Maximum speed: 155 km/h (96 mph, 84 kn)Cruise speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)Range: 640 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)Rate of climb: 2.50 m/s (492 ft/min)^ Vandermeullen, Richard:2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide , Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 ^ "Manna Aviation - Druine D5 Turbi Plans Blueprints" .mannaaviation.com .^ Experimenter . October 1957.{{cite journal }}:Missing or empty|title= (help ) ^ Taylor 1961 , p. 50^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957).Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 . London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. pp. 151– 152. Taylor, John W. R. (1961).Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1961–62 . London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London: Studio Editions. p. 347. World Aircraft Information Files . London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 892 Sheet 47."Jodel D.112 and Druine Turbi" .Flight 443– 45. Retrieved2008-02-28 .
