Maule M-7

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M-7, MX-7, MXT-7
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Maule M-7
RoleUtility aircraft
National originUnited States
Manufacturer Maule Air
Designer Belford Maule
First flight1984
Number builtca. 500 by 1995
Maule MX-7-235 Maule.mx-7-235.superrocket.g-iton.arp.jpg
Maule MX-7-235
Maule M-7-235C on amphibious floats Maule M-7-235C (N1936P).jpg
Maule M-7-235C on amphibious floats
Maule M-7-235C on tundra tires Maule M-7-235C Orion C-FSRA 04.JPG
Maule M-7-235C on tundra tires
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Maule M-7-260C Orion

The Maule M-7 is a family of single-engine light aircraft that has been manufactured in the United States since the mid-1980s.

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Design and development

Based on the Maule M-4, it is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional configuration, available with tailwheel or optional tricycle wheeled undercarriage [1] and frequently used as a floatplane with twin floats. The basic M-7 has a longer cabin than its predecessors the M-5 & M-6, with two seats in front, a bench seat for up to three passengers behind them, and (like the M-6) an optional third row of "kiddie seats" at the rear. [2] Extra cabin windows can be fitted if the "kiddie seats" are to be used. The MX-7 uses the same fuselage as the M-6,which is a modified M-5 fuselage but the same wing span as the M-5, [2] [3] and incorporates the increased fuel tankage, Hoerner-style wingtips and five-position flaps designed for the M-7. [4]

The M-7 family has been produced both with piston and turboprop engines. [2] [3] [5]

Variants

M-7 series

M-7-235 Super Rocket
Similar to M-6-235 with lengthened cabin. Tailwheel undercarriage and Lycoming O-540 engine [2]
M-7-235B Super Rocket [6]
Same as M7-235 including Oleo-Strut main landing gear.
M-7-235C Orion [6]
Same as M7-235B but with sprung aluminum main landing gear and Lycoming IO-540 engine.
M-7-260 [6]
M-7-260C [6]
G-MLHI - Maule MX-7-180 Star Rocket at Dunkeswell Aerodrome without tundra tyres G-MLHI - Maule MX-7-180 Star Rocket.jpg
G-MLHI - Maule MX-7-180 Star Rocket at Dunkeswell Aerodrome without tundra tyres
M-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop
M-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine [2]
MT-7-235 Tri-Gear
Super Rocket with tricycle undercarriage [2]
MT-7-260 [6]

MX-7 series

MX-7 Rocket [6]
MX-7-160 Sportplane
M-6 fuselage with M-5 wings. Lycoming O-320 engine [2] [6]
MX-7-180 Star Rocket
MX-7 with lengthened cabin. Optional third row of seats with windows. Lycoming O-360 engine [2]
MX-7-180A Sportplane and Comet
MX-7-180B Star Rocket [6]
MX-7-180C Millennium [6]
MX-7-250 Starcraft
MX-7 with Allison 250 turboprop engine [2]
MX-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop
MX-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine [2]
MXT-7-160 Comet
MX-7-160 with tricycle undercarriage
MXT-7-180 Star Rocket
MX-7-180 with tricycle undercarriage [2]

Specifications (M-7-235B)

Data from manufacturer [7] and FAA [8]

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. ↑ Maule Air (1 January 2012). "Standard Equipment – MX(T)-7 Series and M(T)-7 Series Maule Aircraft" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Simpson 1995, 242
  3. 1 2 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985–86, 448
  4. ↑ "Private Aircraft Buyers' Guide" 1986, 39.
  5. ↑ "Maule develops turboprops" 1987, 16
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 World Aircraft Information Files, File 901 Sheet 08
  7. ↑ "Maule M-7-235B Flight Manual" (PDF). Maule Aircraft. Maule Aerospace Technology, Inc. 7 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (19 February 2019). "Type Certificate Data Sheet No. 3A23" (PDF). faa.gov. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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