Jurca MJ-53 Autan

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MJ-53 Autan
Role Homebuilt 2-seat touring aircraft
National origin France
Designer Marcel Jurca
First flight1992
Number built2

The Jurca MJ-53 Autan (named after a wind in Southern France) is a plans-built, low-wing, touring monoplane designed in France by Marcel Jurca.

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Development

Jurca was initially reluctant to design a side-by-side configuration aircraft as he preferred single-seat or tandem-seat 'fighters', but he was convinced to do it by friends and potential customers. [1]

The Autan is a development of the wooden-construction Jurca MJ-5 Sirocco, with a new trapezoidal wing based on the Jurca MJ-7 Gnatsum, but with flaps. The fuselage is redesigned to accommodate a wider cabin, and the result is a shoulder width of 118 cm (3.87 ft), unusually spacious for this class of aircraft. The basic design is for a fixed undercarriage, but it allows for electrically or hydraulically powered retractable gear. For reasons of weight, aerobatics are preferably done only with the fixed gear. [1]

Two prototypes have been built, both with electrically-powered retractable landing gear, and with Lycoming O-360 180 hp (134 kW) engines. They made their first flights in 1992. [2]

In 1998 Jurca started studying a four-seat development, the MJ-58, but he was busy with developing the Jurca MJ-70 Gnatsum, and nothing came of it. [1]

Specifications (MJ-53 Autan)

Data from Avions Marcel Jurca [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Les Avions Marcel Jurca 1956-2016 (PDF in French)". Avions Marcel Jurca. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  2. "Walter Van Tilborg Collection No 11907". 1000 Aircraft Photos. Retrieved 23 October 2019.