Engineering:Evangel 4500
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| Evangel 4500 | |
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| General information | |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Evangel Aircraft Corporation |
| Number built | 8 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1969 |
| First flight | June 1964 |
The Evangel 4500 was a 1960s American twin-engined light passenger/cargo monoplane built by the Evangel Aircraft Corporation.[1]
Development
The Evangel Aircraft Corporation was established to design and build a bush aircraft particularly for use by missionary groups. For work in South America it had to have STOL capability and be simple to operate and maintain.[2][3] The aircraft that was designed was designated the Evangel 4500-300 and was a twin-engined monoplane with a tailwheel
Variants
- 4500
- The sole prototype, with a high strut braced wing and tricycle undercarriage.
- 4500-300
- Production variant
- 4500-300-II
- Used to identify aircraft fitted with turbochargers.
Specifications
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72.[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 8 passengers
- Length: 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m)
- Wingspan: 41 ft 3 in (12.57 m)
- Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
- Wing area: 251 sq ft (23.3 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 6.83:1
- Airfoil: NACA 63-618 (modified)
- Empty weight: 3,455 lb (1,567 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 5,500 lb (2,495 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 111 US gal (92 imp gal; 420 L)
- Powerplant: 2 × Avco Lycoming IO-540-K1B5 air-cooled flat-six piston engines, 300 hp (220 kW) each
- Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell, 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) diameter
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 mph (370 km/h, 200 kn)
- Cruise speed: 175 mph (282 km/h, 152 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m) (econ. cruise, 65% power)
- Stall speed: 67 mph (108 km/h, 58 kn) (flaps down)
- Range: 700 mi (1,100 km, 610 nmi) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m) (65% power)
- Service ceiling: 21,030 ft (6,410 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
- Takeoff run to 50 ft (15 m): 1,125 ft (343 m)
- Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 1,140 ft (347 m)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72. London: Jane's Yearbooks. 1971. pp. 298–299. ISBN 9780354000949. https://archive.org/details/janesallworldsai0000unse_r7i1/page/298/mode/2up?. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
- ↑ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Quantum Publishing. 2007. p. 240. ISBN 9781845732653. https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc0000unse_f1l8/page/n7/mode/1up?. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
- ↑ "Evangel 4500". Airbum. https://www.airbum.com/pireps/PirepEvangel.html.
External links
- Evangel 4500 historical website dead link
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