Photograph:
Jurca MJ-8 1-Nine-0 ZK-YKZ (c/n MJ-8-05) at Wanaka, NZ in 2011 (G Kupfer – NZCIVAIR)
Country of origin:
France
Description:
Single-seat sport monoplane
Power Plant:
One 224 kw (300 hp) Vedeneyev M-14P nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine
Specifications:
- Wingspan: 7.31 m (24 ft)
- Length: 8.96 m (29 ft 4 in)
- Height: 2.13 m (7 ft)
- Wing area: 10.4 m² (112 sq ft)
- Cruising speed: 361 km/h (224 mph)
- Stalling speed: 104 km/h (64 mph)
- Rate of climb: 762 m/min (2,500 ft/min)
- Ceiling: 4,572 m (15,000 ft)
- Take-off run: 390 m (1,280 ft)
- Landing run: 549 m (1,800 ft)
- Range: 805 km (500 miles)
- Fuel capacity: 189 litres (41.5 Imp gals)
- Empty weight: 771 kg (1,700 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,134 kg (2,500 lb)
History:
The Jurca MJ-8 and MJ-80 were amateur-built scale replicas of the World War II Focke Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the former being to 75 per cent scale and the latter full scale. Designed in France by Marcel Jurca, and marketed since 1970 by way of plans only for the homebuilder, the aircraft was of wooden construction, the builder being able to complete the aircraft as a single-seater or two-seater. Plans were also available to build the aircraft with tubular steel construction.
In 2008 an MJ-8 was imported by Gilles Kupfer to Wanaka in New Zealand where it became ZK-YKZ (c/n MJ-8-05), being registered on 11 February 2009. This aircraft was completed and flown in Switzerland as HB-YKZ. Built from Jurca plans by its owner in Switzerland it was powered by a Vedeneyev M-14P radial engine of 269 kw (360 hp) and made its first flight on 20 December 2007. It suffered some damage in a ground loop after landing at Wanaka on 31 March 2010. It was repaired and at this time was fitted with an M-14PF engine of 298 kw (400 hp).
A number of MJ-8s have been built around the world, particularly in France, where engines ranging from 120 kw (160 hp) to 224 kw (300 hp) have been installed, including horizontally-opposed and radial engines. One completed in the United States was fitted with a 216 kw (290 hp) Lycoming engine.
More than 300 kits are known to have been sold by the distributor, Jurca Plans West of Flint, Minnesota, USA.