Engineering:Fournier RF-10

Short description: Motor glider by René Fournier, 1981

RF-10
Fournier RF-10 on the ground
Role	Motorglider
National origin	France
Designer	René Fournier
First flight	1981
Variants	Aeromot AMT-100 Ximango

The Fournier RF-10 is a two-seat motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1981. The aircraft is a further development of the RF-9 and incorporated plastic and carbon-fiber structures.

The aircraft has also been license manufactured in Brazil as the AMT 100 Ximango.

Operators

Brazil

Portugal

• Portuguese Air Force received four RF-10s in 1984.

Specifications (RF-10)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 7.89 m (25 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 17.47 m (57 ft 4 in)
• Height: 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 18.7 m² (201 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 16.3:1
• Airfoil: NACA 64₃-618
• Empty weight: 530 kg (1,168 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 770 kg (1,698 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Limbach L2000 EO I 4-cyl air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 59.5 kW (79.8 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
• Stall speed: 72 km/h (45 mph, 39 kn)
• Rate of sink: 0.8 m/s (160 ft/min) at 80 km/h (50 mph))

Bibliography

• Taylor, John W. R. (1982), Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83, London: Jane's Yearbooks, ISBN 0-7106-0748-2 
• Lewis, Barry (August 1987), "Portugal's Growing Air Power", Air International 33 (2): 66–68, 73–75, ISSN 0306-5634