Photograph:
Broome Lebeau 10-0046 (c/n 2) at the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra, QLD in July 2015 (David C Eyre)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Single-seat light sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One 21 kw (28 hp) Koenig SD-570 two-stroke, four-cylinder, air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 9.75 m (32 ft)
- Length: 5.64 m (18 ft 6 in)
- Height: 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 11.89 m² (128 sq ft)
- Max speed: 105 km/h (65 mph)
- Cruising speed: 96 km/h (60 mph)
- Initial rate of climb: 122 m/min (400 ft/min)
- Fuel consumption: 14 litres (3.3 Imp gals) per hour
- Fuel capacity: 35 litres (7.7 Imp gals)
- Range: 193 km (120 miles)
- Empty weight: 151 kg (337 lb)
- Loaded weight: 259 kg (570 lb)
History:
Raymond Broome was interested in designing his own ultralight aircraft and in the late 1980s commenced to build an aircraft, this being along the lines of the Bedson Resurgam series. His first aircraft was completed in 1987 and was fitted with a tricycle undercarriage and was for a period operated on non-amphibious floats. It appears to have been registered with the RAA on 22 March 1988 as 10-0046 (c/n 1). This aircraft was built basically of fibreglass construction and was eventually returned to land undercarriage, this time with a tailwheel. In 1991 it was sold and was still operating in 2014.
In 1992 Mr Broome commenced construction of a further part fibreglass aircraft, this aircraft taking up the RAA registration 10-0046 (c/n 2) and was always operated as a non-amphibious floatplane, operating in the Moreton Bay area of Queensland up until 2008, by which time it had accumulated 330 hours.
Both of these aircraft had fuselages built on a mould used for the re-construction of the nose section of a damaged Club Libelle glider. The construction was of 6 mm Kevlar foam sandwich, the rear fuselage being built of aluminium tube with the tail having timber ribs on aluminium spars. The wings had timber ribs with double-sided plywood main spar and plywood nose skin. The wing, rudder and tailplane were covered with Stits aircraft fabric and painted in two-pack. The floats for the second aircraft were of fibreglass construction with a single skin, plywood ribs, and sealed floatation chambers.
Power was supplied by a Koenig SD-570 four-cylinder, two-stroke, engine which produced 21 kw (28 hp) at 4,200 rpm, the drive to the three-blade ground-adjustable pitch propeller being by a toothed belt reduction drive.
Work commenced on the construction of a further fuselage but it was not completed. In September 2014 the owner, Mr Broome presented the aircraft 10-0046 (c/n 2) to the Queensland Air Museum at Caloundra and it was placed on display in January 2015 suspended from the roof of one of the hangars.