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Australian registered Dyn’Aero Ute Pickup 19-2374 (c/n 124) formerly VH-YUT (unknown)
Country of origin:
France
Description:
Two-seat light sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One 80 kw (100 hp) Rotax 912S four-cylinder horizontally-opposed liquid-and-air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 8.3 m² (93.86 sq ft)
- Cruising speed at 75% power at 2,438 m (8,000 ft): 263 km/h (163 mph)
- Cruising speed at sea level at 75% power: 245 km/h (152 mph)
- Cruising speed at 65% power: 251 km/h (156 mph)
- Range at 65% power: 1,815 km (1,128 miles)
- Range with long-range fuel tanks at 65% power: 2,793 km (1,736 miles)
- Fuel capacity [standard]: 129 litres (28 Imp gals)
- Fuel capacity [long range]: 197 litres (43 Imp gals)
- Take-off run: 190 m (623 ft)
- Rate of climb: 305 m/min (1,000 ft/min)
- Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
- Empty weight fully equipped: 280 kg (617 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,320 kg (2,910 lb)
History:
The Dyn’Aero Ute Pickup was designed and put into production in France as a two-seat cabin monoplane, being a development of a four-seat variant with the rear seats removed to permit the carriage of more cargo. It was a low-wing, T-tail light sport aircraft designed to meet light sport aircraft (LSA) Regulations around the world. The wing had a high aspect ratio, double-slotted Fowler flaps and raised wing-tips. To reduce weight all control surfaces were made of carbon fibre, as were the control stick, connecting rods and levers.
Two seats were fitted in a wide cockpit, the instrument panel being on the left side biased towards the pilot to allow storage on the right hand side. Space behind the pilot measured 2000 litres and, with the seats tipped forward when the aircraft was parked, there was 2 m (6 ft 6 in) length to allow for a bed. The undercarriage had pneumatic oleo struts, and a number of engines could be installed, including the 60 kw (80 hp) Rotax 912, 80 kw (100 hp) variant of the 912, 86 kw (115 hp) turbocharged Rotax 914 and the Jabiru 2200. The propeller could be fixed or constant speed.
First example of the type registered in Australia became VH-YUT (c/n 124), built by Barry Wrenford in NSW in 2011, fitted with a Rotax 914UL2 turbocharged engine, later being transferred to the Recreational Aviation Australia (RAA) Register as 19-2374 on 5 September 2012. It has since been based at Serpentine in Western Australia.