Home Projects NC-5 Advanced Composite 5 Seat Airplane
Advanced Composite 5 Seat Airplane (project name NC-5 stands for 'new composite, 5 seats') is a concept aiming to deliver car-like comfort to its passangers while keeping cruise speed and range at least as close as possible to those of contemporary 4-seaters.
The structure is of high performance carbon fiber composite. Airplane configurations with Continental IO-550N, Continental TSIOF-550J, GE M601 and GE H80 engines are considered.
The preliminary specifications are shown for normally aspirated Continental IO-550N.
PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS
| PERFORMANCE | ||
| Certified ceiling | m | 5500 |
| Vc | km/h | 350 |
| Vs0 | km/h | 111 |
| Range full fuel | km | 3000 |
| Take-off distance over 50' | m | 650 |
| Landing distance over 50' | m | 550 |
| WEIGHTS | ||
| Max useful load | kg | 838 |
| Max Payload | kg | 550 |
| Full-Fuel Payload | kg | 550 |
| MTOW | kg | 1757 |
| Standard empty weight | kg | 920 |
| Fuel capacity | l | 400 |
| Fuel Weight | kg | 288 |
| Max Baggage | kg | 100 |
