Bagalini Bagaliante

Bagaliante
Role	Motor glider
National origin	Italy
Designer	Marino Bagalini

Last updated October 01, 2022

The Bagalini Bagaliante (a portmanteau of "Bagalini" and "Glider") is an Italian high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, pusher configuration, conventional landing gear motor glider that was designed by Marino Bagalini and made available as plans for amateur construction.^[1]^[2]

Design and development

The Bagaliante is constructed from wood and metal and is of pod-and-boom layout.^[1]

The 12.2 m (40.0 ft) span wing employs a Göttingen 535 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an NACA 4412 section at the wingtip. The wing uses a semi-tapered planform, tapering outboard of the mid-span point. The specified engine is a 19 kW (25 hp) Rotax 277 two-stroke aircraft engine, mounted aft of the cockpit and driving a pusher propeller mounted above the tail boom. The fixed mainwheels are located beside the fuselage on small sponsons.^[1]^[3]

Even with the small Rotax 277 fitted, the takeoff and landing distance is 46 m (150.9 ft)^[1]

The estimated time to build the aircraft from the plans is 700 hours.^[1]

Specifications (Bagaliante)

Data from Purdy^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 6.40 m (21.00 ft)
Wingspan: 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
Airfoil: root: Gottingen 535, tip: NACA 4412
Empty weight: 110 kg (242 lb)
Gross weight: 185 kg (407 lb)
Fuel capacity: 11 litres (2.9 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 277 , 19 kW (26 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden

Performance

Maximum speed: 87 km/h (54 mph, 47 kn)
Cruise speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)
Stall speed: 42 km/h (26 mph, 23 kn)
Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (900 ft/min)

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 304. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
↑ Pilot Mix (n.d.). "Bagalini Bagaliante" . Retrieved 8 September 2011.
↑ Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

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[Aerocrafter-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 304. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1

[Mix-2] Pilot Mix (n.d.). "Bagalini Bagaliante" . Retrieved 8 September 2011.

[Incomplete-3] Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

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