Engineering:Albar Albarian

Albarian
Role	Homebuilt aircraft
National origin	United States
Designer	Lavigne Albar
Developed from	Luscombe

The Albar Albarian is an American aircraft designed for homebuilt construction.

Design and development

The Albarian is a two place, single engine, strut-braced, high wing aircraft with conventional landing gear. The fuselage is constructed of welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. The wings are sourced from a Luscombe 8 with flap modifications for STOL performance.

Specifications (Albar Albarian)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1
• Length: 22 ft (6.7 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft (11 m)
• Empty weight: 675 lb (306 kg)
• Gross weight: 995 lb (451 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-90B horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 90 hp (67 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

• Maximum speed: 120 kn (140 mph, 230 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 91 kn (105 mph, 169 km/h)
• Stall speed: 33 kn (38 mph, 61 km/h)
• Rate of climb: 950 ft/min (4.8 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

• Bearhawk LSA

External links

• Photo of an Albarian