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MS26 aircraft
This aircraft is available for purchase as plans only.
General:
Single seat low wing monoplane.
Fixed tailwheel-type conventional landing gear.
She has a single-piece wing with a flaperon type landing flap/aileron.
One tractor engine.
Fuel tanks in fuselage.
Engine:
Mosler MMCB 26 kW / 35 hp twin boxer.
Citroen Visa 26 kW / 35 hp twin boxer.
Probably any half VW would fit.
Structure
Fuselage:
Semi- monocoque structure: plywood/spruce batten formers and bulkheads, plywood skin.
Wing:
Semi- monocoque structure: batten ribs, wood spars plywood webs, plywood skin. Ailerons double as flaperons. PVC foam ribs.
Full span ailerons.
Horizontal tail:
Semi-monocoque structure stabilizer / elevator: Foam ribs, plywood skin.
Vertical tail:
Semi-monocoque structure stabilizer: Foam ribs, plywood skin. Vertical stabilizer is part of fuselage.
Cockpit:
Seat
Fixed seat Four point seat belts.
Control stick
Control stick is without adjustments. Push rod control for elevator and pushrods for ailerons.
Rudder pedals
Fixed position. Heel brakes for main wheels. Cable control to rudder.
Canopy
Sides PC, top strip PMMA
Main dimensions:
| Wingspan: | 5.209 m | 17ft 1 inch | |
| Length: | 4.37 m | 14 ft 4 inch | |
| Height (on ground) | 1.212 m | 4 ft | |
| Wing area | 5.903 sq m | 63,6 sqft | |
| Aspect ratio | 4,59 | ||
| wing profile | NACA LS(1)-0413 | ||
| propeller diameter | 1.22 m | 4 ft | |
| Empty weight | 135 to 146 kg | 298 to 322 lbs | |
| MTOW | 250 kg | 551 lbs | |
| Fuel tank | 27 liters | 7.1 US gal |