Lucas L5

L5
Role	Homebuilt aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	Emile Lucas
First flight	13 August 1976

The Lucas L5 was a sport aircraft designed in France in the late 1970s and marketed for amateur construction.^[1] It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with side-by-side seating for two in a fully enclosed cabin.^[2] Construction was of metal throughout, and the builder was given the option of fixed, tricycle undercarriage, or tailwheel undercarriage in which the main units were manually retractable.^[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 494

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
• Wingspan: 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 11.9 m² (128 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 505 kg (1,113 lb)
• Gross weight: 946 kg (2,086 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235 , 86 kW (115 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 5.0 m/s (985 ft/min)

Notes

1. Taylot 1989, 613
2. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78, 494

References

• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78. London: Jane's Publishing.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.

External links

• Photo gallery on designer's website
• Video of a Lucas L5 in flight, and brief talk with designer Emile Lucas (in French)