Aviamilano F.8.L Falco

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Год Year: 1955

Двухместный туристский и тренировочный самолет

Aviamilano (Laverda) F.8.L Falco и Aeromere F.8.L America

Компания "Aviamilano Costruzioni Aeronautiche" была основана в Милане в начале 1950-х годов. На фирме был спроектирован спортивный двухместный моноплан с закрытой кабиной Aviamilano F.8.L Falco, прототип которого выполнил первый полет 15 июня 1955 года. На нем стоял один 90-сильный мотор Continental. Самолет, показавший на испытаниях великолепные характеристики, отличали чистота аэродинамики и хорошая внешняя отделка. На первых серийных F.8.L серии I стояли двигатели Avco Lycoming O-290-D2 мощностью 135 л. с. Самолеты второй производственной серии (F.8.L серии II) получили 150-сильные Avco Lycoming O-320.
   В середине 1950-х годов была основана компания "Aeromere Societe per Azioni", которая купила у "Aviamilano" права на лицензионное производство самолетов F.8.L для продажи их в США. "Aeromere" строила самолеты F.8.L серии III America, которые в целом почти не отличались от F.8.L серии II, но оснащались моторами O-320, а конструкция планера была доработана под американские требования части 3 CAR.
   Низкоплан F.8.L имел планер, изготовленный, в основном, из древесины с фанерной обшивкой. Чистота аэродинамики подчеркивалась убираемым шасси и каплеобразным фонарем кабины. Самолет имел двойное управление.
   В 1964 году "Aeromere" купил Джованни Батиста Лаверда, после чего фирма сменила название на "Laverda Societe per Azioni" и продолжила лицензионную сборку самолета в варианте F.8.L серии IV Super Falco с двигателем Avco Lycoming O-320 мощностью 160 л. с.

ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Laverda F.8.L серии IV Super Falco

   Тип: двухместный туристский и тренировочный самолет
   Силовая установка: один двигатель Avco Lycoming O-320-B3B мощностью 160л.с.(119кВт)
   Характеристики: максимальная скорость на уровне моря 325 км/ч; максимальная крейсерская скорость на высоте 1500 м - 290 км/ч; скороподъемность 300 м/мин; практический потолок 6000 м; дальность полета 1400 км
   Масса: пустого 550 кг; максимальная взлетная 820 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 8,00 м; длина 6,50 м; высота 2,27 м; площадь крыла 10,00 м2

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Air-Britain Archive 1982-3

F.8 Falco

  Without any doubt Frati's most successful and most beautiful wooden aircraft is the two-seat Falco (Hawk). The prototype was designated F.8 and first flew with a 90hp Continental C-90, though this was soon replaced by a 135hp Lycoming O-290-D2B. A production batch of ten aircraft was laid down by Soc. Aviamilano S.r.l., Milan, in August 1956 as the F.8L Falco I. The series I aircraft featured an enlarged wing, redesigned canopy and the O-290 as standard powerplant. The maximum speed was 202mph although the specially modified c/n 104 has achieved 228mph using a 150hp Lycoming O-320.
  Aviamilano then built a second batch of ten aircraft designated F.8L Falco II with the 150hp Lycoming O-320-A2A as standard, metal airscrew and wing tanks. One example, c/n 119, was fitted with a 170hp Lycoming O-340 engine.
  The third series of Falcos was built by Aeromere S.p.A. of Trento (Gardolo) under licence from Aviamilano. Basically similar to the Series II and retaining the 150hp O-320, this version was designed to meet American C.A.R. Part 3 requirements and it obtained FAA type certificate 7A11 on 26.6.61. For this reason the Series III was also known as the Falco America. In 1959 a 160 hp special with variable pitch airscrew was built for the UK distributer J.L.Shaw. Perhaps it is ironic that this aircraft, c/n 216, is the only Falco to date to have been registered in the USA! In about 1959 or 1960 there were proposals to build the Falco under licence in France by Societé de Recherches et de Construction Mécanique, Joigny, but the company built their own not dissimilar design the SRCM.153 'Joigny' instead, though it did not go into production. A total of 35 Falco IIIs was built by Aeromere, together with one rebuilt earlier model.
  The Aeromere company was taken over by Laverda S.p.A. who commenced a further production batch in 1964 under the Aviamilano licence. This time the 160hp Lycoming O-320-B3 was chosen as the standard power unit and with other detail modifications this model became the Series IV or 'Super Falco'. Twenty aircraft were laid down in this, the final batch to be produced in Italy.

SEQUIOA AIRCRAFT

  The latest stage in the Falco story takes us to the USA. In 1978 the Sequioa Aircraft Corporation, of Richmond, Virginia, began redrawing Falco plans to be made available for amateur construction. Considerably more than 200 sets of kits or plans seem to have been sold, not only in the USA but also in Canada, Eire, South Africa, Norway and Britain. C/ns from 501 consecutively are issued to these projects. As far as we are able to ascertain the first Sequioa Falco to be registered in the USA is c/n 528 as N33LW to L.E.Wohlers of Tucson, Arizona.

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Aviamilano (Laverda) F.8.L Falco и Aeromere F.8.L America
Air-Britain Archive 1982-3

Jane's All the World Aircraft 2000 / 2-01 - AIRCRAFT - FIXED-WING - CIVIL
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-KYNG
Aviamilano F.8L, from which the Sequoia version descends (1998)
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-ERNA
Falco Series 1 I-ERNA (104) at the Turin Show in 1970. Already modified it was later to receive a 150hp Lycoming, nosewheel doors, ram air scoop and an even lower, more streamlined canopy.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-FRAL
I-FRAL the prototype Series 4 Super F.8L at an unidentified display in 1965
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-MAMY
I-MAMY (419) the last Falco registered, wheeled out at Trento-Mattarello on 1.7.78
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-PUCK
The Austrian Tirol forms a dramatic backdrop for this Aviamilano F.8L Falco II I-PUCK by way of introduction to our special feature on the designs of Stelio Frati. Photograph ed at Innsbruck on 28.9.58 by Peter Keating.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-RALA [2]
The ill-fated I-RALA (110) in standard metalic Falco paint scheme.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-RALA [2]
Falco I-RALA (110) head-on at Egelsbach on 16.6.59
Air Pictorial 1956-07 / Air Pictorial's photo-review
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: I-TRIP
FIRST VIETRI F.8 SUPER FALCO, I-TRIP, flew for first time on 25th April. Ten of these two-seaters are under construction.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EBBR
D-EBBR in military-style colours at its base of Hoxter-Holzminden on 7.4.80
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ECPE
D-ECPE (235) the last production Series 3 at Stauning on 4.6.77
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ECPO
One photo of the prototype Falco has come to hand from Eino Ritaranta, showing D-ECPO at Tampere, Finland, only days before it was written off in Norway 10.6.67.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EDPU
D-EDPU (234) at Baden-Baden 8.4.78
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EHHE
D-EHHE (227) at Baden-Baden 14.5.72;
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EKEZ
D-EKEZ (210) visited Diest with other Frati designs on 16.8.80.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EKIZ
D-EKIZ (211) was sold to Austria but is no longer registered
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EKMK
D-EKMK (232) at Speyer 4.7.76
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ELUW
D-ELUW (226) displayed at Kirchheim-Hahnweide 23.9.78;
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ELXE
Laverda Super Falco Series IV (160 hp Lycoming O-320-B3B engine)
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-EMMR
The last Falco built D-EMMR (420) at Baden-Baden 8.4.78 is a one-owner aircraft
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ENEB
The brand new D-ENEB (201) being admired at Frankfurt 9.5.59
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: D-ENIB
D-ENIB (203) was a Hanover visitor 5.60
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EI-BBT [2], G-APXD [2]
G-APXD (216) probably holds the record for most owners, but as EI-BBT had been repainted blue and yellow when seen at Dublin 11.11.78
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EI-BCJ [2], G-ATAK [2]
EI-BCJ (204) formerly G-ATAK
Air Pictorial 1977-07
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: EI-BCJ [2], G-ATAK [2]
Recent ex British additions to the Irish scene include Falco G-ATAK/EI-BCJ at Dublin 24/4/77 and the first "foreign" registered Condor, G-AVCZ/EI-BCP, at Weston 1/5/77;
Air-Britain Archive 1987-02 / 7 - Ethiopia /Complete Civil Registers/ (5)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: ET-ABZ
A rare shot of the Falco ET-ABZ in its Ethiopian marks.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: F-BJEJ
Still in factory colour-scheme F-BJEJ (207) seen at the Paris Salon, Le Bourget on 27.5.61. This Falco is remarkable for only ever having one owner, the Club Aer. d'Annemasse whose name is just visible below the 'F.8L'.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-APXD [2], EI-BBT [2]
G-APXD (216) at Elstree 8.62 probably holds the record for most owners
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AROT [3], G-FALC [3]
G-AROT (224) at Staverton 11.8.71
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AROT [3], G-FALC [3]
Falco F8.L (150 hp Lycoming O-320 engine)
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-ASYM
G-ASYM (404) shows its German origins with the loading data stencilled on the rear fuselage below the tail. This appears to be the Biggin Hill Air Fair of 1965 or 1966.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AVUJ [2]
G-AVUJ (412) visiting Cranfield on 4.9.71
Мировая Авиация 36
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AVUJ [2]
Разрушающая перегрузка доработанного под американские стандарты самолета Aeromere F.8.L Super Falco составляла 8,7 g.
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-AWSU
G-AWSU (416) wearing both British and Italian flags on a visit to the World Aerobatic Championships at Hullavington 26.7.70
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: G-FALC [3], G-AROT [3]
G-AROT (224) in new guise as G-FALC at Cranfield 4.7.82
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: HB-UOB
HB-UOB (228) during a visit to Gatwick on 11.7.67
Air Pictorial 1991-09
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LN-LCA
Bjorn Eriksen, who took 8000 manhours to build Sequoia F.8L Falco LN-LCA, was awarded the Concours d'Elegance and the Best Kit-buit Aircraft trophies
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: LX-AIW
LX-AIW (205) at Luxembourg 27.7.65 with the name 'Charles Laedrach' on the nose
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OH-FAA
Finally a rare shot of c/n 404 in its final marks as OH-FAA which were carried for only a month before it was written off
Air-Britain Archive 1984-03 / 1 - Belgium /Complete Civil Registers/ (19)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-MEN [3]
After some years of inactivity, Falco OO-MEN (2326) received a new owner and a rather unflattering camouflage scheme in 1979. It is shown here on a visit to the PFA Rally at Leicester on 7.7.79
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-MEN [3]
OO-MEN (114) flew for a time in a camouflage scheme giving it even more of a fighter-like appearance as shown at Leicester on 7.7.79
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OO-MEN [3]
It has since adopted an attractive scheme of white with blue and black trim as seen at Diest on 17.8.80
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OY-BKC
The second Dane, OY-BKC (414) at Stauning 4.6.77
Air-Britain Archive 1982-04 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (2)
Регистрационный номерRegistry number: OY-DKH
First of two Danish Falcos, OY-DKH (410) fn the late sixties
Air-Britain Archive 1982-03 / 3 - The designs of Stelio Frati /Aircraft of European Civil Registers/ (1)
Air Pictorial 1957-06

FRATI F.8L FALCO. The Frati F.8 Falco, designed by Stelio Frati and constructed by Aviamilano, flew for the first time on 15th June 1955. Powered by a 90-h .p. Continental C90 engine, the exceptionally clean lines of the Falco gave it an unusually high performance. The F.8L Falco is derived directly from the F.8 but differs in having a 140-h.p. Lycoming O-290-D2B engine, a larger wing (26 ft. 2 in ., compared with 25 ft. 8in.) and greater length (21 ft. 4 in. to 21 ft.). Seating is for two, side by side, under an entirely transparent plastic sliding canopy. The nosewheel undercarriage is electrically retracted, with a mechanical stand-by. The prototype 8L had bulged undercarriage doors but these will be flattened on later production models . In straight and level flight a production aircraft with flattened undercarriage doors has exceeded 200 m.p.h. and 250 m.p.h. in a dive. Full blind-flying instruments, V.H.F. radio and A.D.F. can be fitted, and there is ample baggage space. Nosewheel is steered from the rudder pedals and both mainwheel brakes are applied together by a pedal between the rudder pedals. The fuselage is a typical all-wood monocoque structure and is plywood covered. The low-wing cantilever monoplane features a laminar-flow NACA section and is of all-wooden construction built integrally with the forward portion of the fuselage. The wing is plywood-covered and the ailerons and flaps are all wood. Tail unit is of the cantilever monoplane type built integral with the rear fuselage. Tailplane and fin are plywood covered. and the rudder and elevator fabric covered. Main details are : span 26 ft. 3 in ., length 21 ft . 4 in ., height 7 ft ., weight empty 1.010 lb ., loaded 1.540 lb . Performance: maximum speed 212 m.p.h ., cruising 187 m.p.h ., range 620 miles.