Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer

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MW5 Sorcerer
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Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer
Role Amateur-built aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
DesignerMike Whittaker
Introductionmid-1980s
StatusPlans available (2015)
Variants Whittaker MW6

The Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is a British amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Mike Whittaker in the mid-1980s and supplied as plans for amateur construction. [1] [2]

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Design and development

The aircraft features a strut-braced parasol wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration, mounted on the keel tube, above the cockpit. [1] [2]

Whittaker MW5 Sorcerer is made from aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 8.54 m (28.0 ft) span wing has an area of 11.2 m2 (121 sq ft). The standard engine used is the 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 two-stroke powerplant. [1] [2]

The design is approved by the Light Aircraft Association in the UK. [1] [2] [3]

Variants

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Whittaker MW-7
MW5A
Initial version [1] [2]
MW5D
Model with folding wings and the same wing area as the "A" model [1] [2]
MW5K
Seaplane version with a single monohull Full Lotus inflatable float and wing tip pontoons [1] [2]
MW7
Aerobatic version with shorter wingspan [1] [2]

Specifications (MW5A Sorcerer)

Data from Bayerl and Tacke [1] [2]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 111. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN   1368-485X
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 117. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN   1368-485X
  3. ↑ Light Aircraft Association (25 September 2012). "Approved Homebuilt Types" (PDF). Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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