Photograph:
Class Bushcaddy R-80 19-4564 (c/n CAA001-105) at Temora, NSW (David C Eyre)
Country of origin:
Canada
Description:
Two-seat light amateur-built aircraft
Power Plant:
One 60 kw (80 hp) Jabiru 2200 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 9.75 m (32 ft)
- Length: 6.7 m (22 ft)
- Height: 2.28 m (7 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 15.52 m² (167.06 sq ft)
- Max cruising speed at 95% power: 154 km/h (95 mph)
- Economical cruising speed at 55% power: 120 km/h (75 mph)
- Rate of climb at sea level: 312 m/m (1,025 ft/min)
- Service ceiling: 3,658 m (12,000 ft)
- Stalling speed: 52 km/h (32 mph)
- Range: 963 km (598 miles)
- Empty weight: 294 kg (648 lb)
- Loaded weight: 544 kg (1,200 lb)
History:
The Class Cadi, as it was initially known, was a light aircraft designed in about 1994 in Canada by Jean Eudes Polvin. In 1998 a company, Canadian Light Aircraft Sales & Service (CLASS) was formed in Quebec and obtained manufacturing rights to the aircraft, the name being changed to BushCaddy. The type was a two-seat light sport aircraft aimed at the ultralight market and supplied in kit form for construction by the amateur builder.
The type was built of all-metal using 4130 steel with T6 aluminium. It could be built in tailwheel or tricycle undercarriage configuration, and examples have been completed in Canada with floats. Flaps were optional. A variety of engines could be installed, and those recommended by the manufacturer included the 60 kw (80 hp) and 75 kw (100 hp) variants of the Rotax 912; the 86 kw (115 hp) Rotax 914; and the 60 kw (80 hp) Jabiru four-cylinder and 90 kw (120 hp) Jabiru six-cylinder units.
A small number have been imported to Australia, the first being completed in 2001. First completed in New Zealand became ZK-LIL (c/n CA 001-117).