Uetz Pelikan

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Pelikan
Uetz U3M Pelikan HB-TBV TOU 20.06.65 edited-2.jpg
Uetz U3M Pelikan at Toussus-le-Noble airfield near Paris in June 1965
General information
TypeFour-seat cabin monoplane
National originSwitzerland
Manufacturer Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau
Designer
Number built5
History
First flight21 May 1963
Developed from Uetz U2V

The Uetz Pelikan is a Swiss four-seat cabin monoplane designed for amateur construction by Walter Uetz.

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Design and development

The Pelikan is a four-seat development of the earlier Uetz U2V which had been based on the Jodel D.119. [1] The prototype U3M Pelikan had four-seat cabin with a long transparent canopy. [1] The fixed tail-wheel landing gear U3M is powered by a 135 hp (101 kW) Lycoming O-290 engine and the prototype first flew 21 May 1963, it was followed by a further prototype. [1]

The production variant was designated the U4M which was re-engined with a 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming O-320-A2B engine and the addition of flaps. The company built two aircraft and one other was amateur-built. [1]

Variants

U3M Pelikan
Prototype with a 135 hp (101 kW) Lycoming O-290 engine, two built. [1]
U4M Pelikan
Production version with a 150 hp (112 kW) Lycoming O-320-A2B engine, two factory-built and one amateur-built. [1]

Specifications (U4M Pelikan)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66 [2]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Simpson 1991, p.364
  2. Taylor 1965, p. 68.

Bibliography

  • Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN   1-85310-194-X.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1965). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.