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Maule Air
Maule Air, Inc., located in Moultrie, Georgia, USA is a manufacturer of popular light, single-engined STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) aircraft. Founded in 1941 by Belford D. Maule, it is still a family-owned enterprise. The aircraft are robust tube and fabric designs and are popular with bush pilots thanks to their very low stall speed, their tundra tires and very forgiving Oleo strut landing gear. Most Maules are built with tailwheel or amphibious configurations, although the newer MXT models have tricycle gear.
Aircraft Models
| Model | Wingspan | Engine | Gross weight | Vso | VLD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M4-210 | 29'8" | 210 HP Continental | 2300 lbs | 28 MPH | 145 MPH |
| M4-220 | 220 HP Franklin | ||||
| M-5-180C | 30'10" | 180 HP Lycoming Carb | 2400 lbs | 38 MPH | 135 MPH |
| M-5-200C | 200 HP Lycoming Injected | 2500 lbs | 38 MPH | 140 MPH | |
| M-5-210TC | 210 HP Lycoming Turbo | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 196 mph | |
| M-5-210C | 210 HP Continental Injected | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 145 mph | |
| M-5-235C | 235 HP Lycoming carb | 2500 lbs | 38 mph | 158 mph | |
| M-5-235C | 235 HP Lycoming injected | 2500 lbs | 39 mph | 158 mph | |
| M-6-235 | 32' 11" | 235 HP Lycoming O-540-J1A5D | 2500 lbs | 35 mph | 160 mph |
| M-6-235 | 235 HP Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D |
The Maule in popular culture
A Maule M-5 was featured in the Burt Reynolds movie The Cannonball Run. The aircraft demonstrates its extraordinary STOL capabilities by landing on, and taking off from, a small town street among trees and buildings and skirting under power lines.
An amphibious Maule crashes into a tower on an oil tanker in the Sandra Bullock movie Speed 2: Cruise Control. An amphibious Maule was also featured in the Danny Glover movie Gone Fishin'.
Gallery
- Maule.mx-7-235.superrocket.g-iton.arp.jpg
Maule MX-7-235 Super Rocket, built 1987
- Maule-Amphibian.780.jpg
A Maule amphibian
- Maule.m7-235b.arp.jpg
Maule M7-235B Super Rocket, built 1999
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