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Monnett Moni on display in the National Air and Space Museum | |
Role | Sport aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Monnett Experimental Aircraft Inc for homebuilding |
Designer | John Monnett |
First flight | July 24, 1981 |
Number built | 380 kits sold between 1982 and 1986 [1] |
Variants | Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C |
The Monnett Moni is a sport aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s and marketed for homebuilding.
Designed by John Monnett, who coined the term "air recreation vehicle" to describe it, [1] it is a single-seat motorglider with a low, cantilever wing and a V-tail. Construction is of metal throughout, and it is intended to be easy and inexpensive to build and fly. Like many sailplanes, the main undercarriage is a single monowheel, which in this case was mounted in a streamlined fairing beneath the fuselage and is not retractable, with a steerable tailwheel behind it. Builders are also given the option of constructing their example with fixed tricycle undercarriage. [2] Power is provided by a small two-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled engine.
Examples of the Moni are on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum, [3] and the EAA AirVenture Museum. [4]
The Sonex Xenos motorglider is an evolution of the Moni, and provided much of the design foundation for the Sonex line of aircraft. [5]
The all-electric-powered Electric Aircraft Corporation ElectraFlyer-C is a modified Monnett Moni in taildragger configuration. [6]
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