Falconar AMF-S14 Super Maranda

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AMF-S14 Maranda
RoleUtility aircraft
Manufacturer Falconar Avia
Manna Aviation
Designer Chris Falconar
First flight1961
Number built95 (2011)
Developed from Adam RA-14 Loisirs
Variants Falconar AMF-14H Maranda

The Falconar AMF-S14 Maranda is a two-seat, light aircraft first flown in Canada in 1961 and originally marketed for amateur construction by Falconar Avia. [1]

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Since the winding up of business by Falconar Avia in 2019, the plans are now sold by Manna Aviation. [2]

Design

Based on the Adam RA-14 Loisirs, it is a conventional high-wing strut-braced monoplane with fixed, tailwheel undercarriage. The fuselage is wood construction with fabric covering with a folding wing. [3] The pilot and single passenger sit side-by-side in a fully enclosed cabin. One example has been built as a floatplane with fiberglass covered wooden floats using Falconar plans. [4] [5] The airfoil employed is a NACA 23012. [6]

Acceptable installed engine power ranges from 85 to 150 hp (63 to 112 kW). [7]

Specifications (typical Super Maranda)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Falconar Avia (30 June 2019). "Notification of Closure". falconaravia.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 74. Winter 1969.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Sport Aviation: 26. March 1971.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  6. Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  7. Plane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 141. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN   0-918312-00-0