DEKO 5

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DEKO 5 - Photo #1

DEKO-5 was designed by Polish aeronautical engineers: Marek Debski, Krzysztof Kotlinski,

Type: Side-by-side ultra-light, training and observation aircraft - ideal for recreational flyer. First flight, June 1996

Design Features: Pod-and-boom fuselage. Wings braced by V-type struts. Structure: Wing and elevator are made of aluminum tubes and dacron (or ceconite) soft skin. Fuselage structure is construction, as space truss of aluminum tubes with composite joints (Polish Patent). Tail boom is made of two aluminum tubes. Cockpit canopy is made of glassfibre laminate and organic glass. The open cabin offers a very good view. The DEKO-5 is designed to a +4g / -2g load limit

Power Plant: One Rotax 582 (65 hp, electric start and brakes), piston engine with reductor gear 2.58. Propeller: Junkers three-blade, carbon fibre, ground-adjustable pitch propeller.

System: Ballistic parachute recovery system

Specifications

Empty weight:
551 lbs (250 kg)
MTOW:
992 lbs (450 kg)
Stall speed:
32 kts (37 mph) (59 kph)
Cruise speed:
57 kts (66 mph) (106 kph)
VNE:
86 kts (99 mph) (159 kph)
Climb:
591 ft/min (3 m/s)
Glide ratio:
6
Take-off distance:
591 ft (180 m)
Landing distance:
459 ft (140 m)
Engine:
Rotax 582
Fuel consumption:
4 GPH (15.1 LPH)