Tapanee Levitation 4

Levitation 4
General information
Type	Four-seat homebuilt STOL aircraft
National origin	Canada
Manufacturer	Tapanee Aviation
Designer	Michel Lequin
Number built	3 (Dec 2011) [1]
History
First flight	2002
Developed from	Tapanee Pegazair-100
Variant	Tapanee Levitation 2

The Tapanee Levitation 4 is a Canadian four-seat STOL aircraft designed to be homebuilt by Michel Lequin for Tapanee Aviation of Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Design and development

A larger version of the companies earlier Pegazair bushplane, the Levitation is a high-wing monoplane with V-strut bracing, leading edge slats and Junkers flaperons. Powered by a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360 flat-six piston engine with a two-blade propeller. The Levitation has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel and a cabin holding a pilot and three passengers in two rows of side-by-side seating. By December 2004 five kits had been sold. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Specifications

Data from ^[2] Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 3
• Length: 7.47 m (24 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 10.21 m (33 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 16.72 m² (180 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 621 kg (1,368 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,133 kg (2,500 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360 flat-four piston engine , 134 kW (180 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 255 km/h (159 mph, 138 kn)
• Cruise speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
• Stall speed: 62 km/h (38 mph, 33 kn)
• Range: 925 km (575 mi, 500 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 3.6 m/s (700 ft/min)

See also

Related development

• Tapanee Pegazair-100

References

Notes

1. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 71. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
2. Jackson 2008, p. 87
3. Downey, Julia: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 73. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
4. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 129. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN   1368-485X

Bibliography

• Paul Jackson, ed. (2008). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2008-2009. Coulsdon, Surrey, England: Jane's Information Group. ISBN   978-0-7106-2837-4.

External links

• Official website