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It's time to put together this tug I picked up last summer from Icare-rc. It's a scale model of the "Midour" which is a two seat tricycle gear tow plane.
The Midour is a double-seat, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, fitted with a fixed, tricycle undercarriage. Developed in the workshop of the ACBA using the wings of a Robin DR400, the Midour first flew in the early 1970s and four additional examples to the original design have been built, along with two modified versions.
Although the Midour is sometimes equipped with only a single seat, a passenger can be carried behind the pilot, to assist in the release of gliders being towed.
General characteristics
Performance
The Midour is a double-seat, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, fitted with a fixed, tricycle undercarriage. Developed in the workshop of the ACBA using the wings of a Robin DR400, the Midour first flew in the early 1970s and four additional examples to the original design have been built, along with two modified versions.
Although the Midour is sometimes equipped with only a single seat, a passenger can be carried behind the pilot, to assist in the release of gliders being towed.
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger (optional)
- Length: 6.81 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 14.2 m2 (153 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 790 kg (1,742 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 4-cyl. horizontally-opposed piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 300 km/h (186 mph; 162 kn)
- Cruising speed: 190 km/h (118 mph; 103 kn)
- Rate of climb: 3.72 m/s (732 ft/min)
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