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Maule M-5

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Maule M-5
Type Four-seat cabin monoplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Maule Aircraft Company
Designed by Belford Maule
Maiden flight 1971
Introduced 1974
Produced 1974-1983
Developed from Maule M-4

The Maule M-5 is an American four-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Maule Aircraft Company.

Design and development

The M-5 was a development of the earlier Maule M-4 with improved STOL performance. It had a 30% increase in flap area, enlarged tail surfaces. Two prototypes flew in 1971, one powered by a 210hp (157kW) engine the other with a 220hp (164kW) engine. The M-5 was a steel-tube and fabric high-wing braced-monoplane with a cantilever tailplane with a single fin and rudder. It has a fixed tailwheel landing gear and and an enclosed cabin with two-rows of side-by-side seating for a pilot and three passengers. The aircraft entered production in 1974 and was named the Strata Rocket and the Lunar Rocket. A generally similar M-6 Super Rocket was also developed with 3ft longer wingspan and more fuel capacity, smaller ailerons and larger flaps.

Variants

M-5-180C
Initial production variant with a 180hp Lycoming O-360-C1F engine, more than 94 built.
M-5-200
One aircraft modified with a 200hp engine.
M-5-210C Strata Rocket
180C with a 210hp Continental IO-360D engine in a revised cowling, 206 built.
M-5-210TC Lunar Rocker
210C fitted with a turbocharged 210hp Continental TIO-360 engine, 10 built.
M-5-220C Lunar Rocket
210C fitted with a 220hp (164kW) Franklin 6A-350-C1 engine, 57 built.
M-5-235C Lunar Rocket
210C fitted with a 235hp Lycoming O-540-J1A5D engine, more than 379 built.
M-6-235C Super Rocket
235C with a 3ft longer wingspan and more fuel capacity, smaller ailerons and larger flaps, 136 built.

Specifications (M-5-235C Strata Rocket)

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References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. 
  • Simpson, R.W.. Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing, 190. ISBN 1 85310 104 X. 
  • (1985) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 



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