Photograph:
Faint L’il Tinny 19-4721 (c/n 001) at Narromine, NSW in 2007 (David C Eyre)
Country of origin:
Australia
Description:
Single-seat light sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One 40 kw (53 hp) Rotax 503DCDI two-cylinder, two-stroke, fan-cooled, dual electronic ignition engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 7.38 m (24 ft 1 in)
- Fuselage length: 5.38 m (17 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 8.87 m² (95.4 sq ft)
- Cockpit width: 600 mm (19.7 inches)
- Never exceed speed: 183 km/h (114 mph)
- Cruising speed at 5,800 rpm: 139 km/ h (86 mph)
- Cruising speed at 6,200 rpm: 161 km/h (100 mph)
- Stalling speed: 69 km/h (43 mph)
- Fuel capacity: 94 litres (20.6 Imp gals)
- Rate of climb: 152 to 244 m/min (500 to 800 ft/min)
- Power loading: 17 lb/hp
- Endurance: 5 hours with reserve
- Range: 667 km (414 miles)
- Empty weight: 240 kg (540 lb)
- Loaded weight: 410 kg (904 lb)
History:
The L’il Tinny was a single-seat all-metal scratch-built aircraft designed, constructed and flown by Mr Richard Faint. It had a tricycle undercarriage and no kit or plans were available to the owner. It used an NACA 4415 wing section and had an aspect ratio of 6.1. Engine was a Rotax 503DCDI driving a Bolly propeller and the spinner was built by Cumming. Load limits were +4G/-2G and the first example completed was registered as 19-4721 (c/n 001) under Recreational Aviation Australia (RAA) Regulations.
The first flight of 19-4721 was made on 22 September 2006 at Watts Bridge, QLD and over the following two days 8.3 hours of flying were logged with 23 take-offs and landings.
The owners, Richard and Glenda Faint, also built a further design known as the Tinny Too which was completed in late 2007. It looked very similar to the L’il Tinny and was painted white with red trim. This aircraft became known as the Faint Toucan and was registered under RAA Regulations as 19-4722 on 11 July 2006, being fitted with a Rotax 503 engine and being based at Watts Bridge. The aircraft crashed near Laidley, QLD on 28 March 2010.