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A DynAero MCR-01 'Club' engine bay showing cooling baffles and tuned length exhaust. 'Fly Away' or 'Kitset'. Aircraft can be supplied 'fly away' or as a 'fast build' kitset.
A DynAero '4s' kitset.
Another view of one of the '4s' fastbuild kitsets. Note the advanced state of the wings behind the fuselage, the DynAero kitsets are a long way from flatpacks. The black colour is the natural colour of the carbon fibre before priming. The well in in the top of the hull can be blanked or fitted with a ballistic parachute.
A partly built '4s' kitset on its feet and rolling at Ardmore, NZ. And below the same aircraft finished.
A DynAero MCR-01 2 seat microlight, and a DynAero '4s'.
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DynAero 'Club' wins at NZ 'Air Games' at Wanaka on 28th Dec 2007.
Bert Gregory of the WFC took ZK-WIK (below) to an outright win in
the race for aircraft under 544kg, with a measured speed of 146kn.
He beat all comers, thus supporting the engineering calculation
that a well designed fixed gear carries less of a drag penalty than
the weight of retractable gear on aircraft of this size.
DynAero Club 'ZK-WIK' running up at West Auckland Airport before departing for Wanaka, with Bert Gregory and Heather Rye. First leg, non-stop West Auckland to Rangiora (Christchristchurch) took 65L of fuel (120L carried) with two crew and baggage for a week. Then on to Balclutha (south of Dunedin) in the afternoon. A little plane with long legs. 'MCR 01 Club Sport': Carbon Fibre construction; 280kg payload; 145kn cruise; 160kn VNE. Standard centre fuel tank holds 80L giving around 500 nautical mile range. A recent trip from Auckland to Christchurch at a comfortable cruise took 3h 50mts and 65L, burning around 17 L/h. Uses Avgas or Unleaded Mogas. Long range. With the optional wing tanks at 70L a side plus the 80L in the central tank, a total of 220L gives the Club Sport a range of around 2000 nautical miles. At 125kt the range is even greater. On a flight from Kerikeri (NZKK) to Norfolk Island (YSNF) ZK-WIK used 82L, and if it had been unable to land it would have been able to spend an hour over the island and still return to Kerikeri with good reserves. The range is sufficient for Auckland to Sydney direct with reserves.
A DynAero 'Club' passing Mt Ruapehu, 9200ft Designer Michael Colomban has paid attention to every detail of aerodynamics, such as the baffled Rotax to allow smaller cooling intakes, and ram air feed for the carbs. The bump on top of the cowl is placed to catch the maximum slipstream, and the two carbs are fed by a slot set back inside right at the point of maximum pressure in the centre of the (divergent) ram air duct. With the ram air and the spaghetti exhaust pipes tuned to ensure that all puffs arrive in sequence at the muffler, the nominally 100hp Rotax 912 delivers lot more power than expected resulting in a sustained climb of 1500 to 1800 fpm and a ceiling of above 15,000 ft, though pilot oxygen is required to make use of those altitudes. In addition to speed, this helps maintain good performance at altitude, as in these photos from the Southern Alps...
In the NZ Southern Alps
A pair of DynAeros enjoying a nice day in the mountains. The weather can change quickly up here, and it is helpful to have high performance aircraft like this with plenty of climbing ability and the speed to escape if it turns nasty.
DynAero MCR Club; Instrument Panel (DynAero photo) and Cockpit... wider than a C172. (Leading Edge photo).
The 'Engima' EFIS (Flight Computer) in ZK-WIK... over Taharoa Sands moving south at 147kt TAS (very top LH corner of the screen) = 137kt IAS (in white box at top LH corner of blue AH EFIS panel) at 4341ft, and GS 124kt (top LH corner of GPS display) plugging a 23kt headwind. The engine monitoring bars are all green except for the CHT which is yellow because it is just below its 'low' as the pilot has forgotten to close the cowl flaps. If anything exceeds it's alarm setting the its bar will turn red and flash as a voice comes through the headsets... "CHT High" or "Oil Pressure low" etc. The old analogue ASI reads in km/h (showing 260 km/h IAS here), but all the analogue instruments are now redundant as the EFIS can do everything by itself. The cockpit is roomy with plenty of space for two people and their elbows. Behind the seats is space for two x Airline 'carry-on' sized bags.
Hydraulic CSU propellor specifically designed for the 'Club'. This gives a good idea of the overall build quality of the DynAero aircraft. The aircraft comes with one of three propellor options to provide good static thrust for takeoff, and still support a 155kn cruise (with the Rotax 914 turbo at 8000 ft): Either an Electrically variable pitch prop, a Hydraulic CSU, or an advanced ground adjustable 'DUC' propellor that achieves a CSU effect aerodynamically.
This is a small aircraft designed and built to the highest standards. There are other small aircraft with similar speed (though not many), but few with this build quality and attention to detail. In the same way that a sports car is small because the designer wanted it that way, the DynAero is small by design but there is no sign of any attempt to reduce costs... even in areas where it would not have been a great compromise. Typical of the careful approach to design is that the cabin heat takes air warmed by the radiators rather than an exhaust cuff, so carbon monoxide risk is low. The company has an active engineering research dept.
Experimental DynAero 'Grid wing', not in production (DynAero Research photo) As the name suggests, the 'Club' was specifically designed as a trainer for French Aero Clubs. Controls are conventional with electric trim for pitch and roll on the sticks, and optionally left/right toe brakes and a central and LH throttle. The Oleo suspension and strong Carbon Fibre structure allow it to absorb heavy 'ab initio' training on a continuous basis. In France it is a kit plane flown on a PPL as the stall speed is too high for their Microlight class, however, in NZ it does fit and so will appeal to those who want a small and economical plane but don't want any reduction in safety or quality. As one person commented, “There are only two reasons why someone would not have one of these: They have not flown one and don't know how good small aircraft can be, or they can't finance it.“ DynAero provides for the luxury end of the Sports Aircraft market previously not available in Australia or NZ, and will attract people who want two or four seat aircraft with high performance and quality. Each aircraft is built specifically to the requirements of the buyer. Many options are available such as Turbo charger (155kn cruise at 8000 ft), Autopilot, Extra boarding step for the those with creaky joints, and a Ballistic Parachute able to lower the plane and passengers, for those with nervous spouses.
An 'Enigma' Flight Computer in a DynAero Club 1 hour 20 minutes (180 nautical miles) out into the Pacific from Norfolk Island (YSNF) on track to New Zealand with 180L of fuel, liferaft and emergency gear on board. Indicated Air speed 114 kts, True Air Speed top left corner 132kts, Ground Speed lower left corner 129kts. At Flight level 093. All the engine monitoring bars are green, and a good thing too as the GPS is showing Kaitaia (NZKT), the northernmost airfield in New Zealand, as 307 Nautical Miles away and it will take 'ETE' of 2h 23 minutes to get there. The plane is currently at S31.00 E169.34 and the moving map is an unrelenting blue. The Fuel Flow was not connected to the computer and was being calculated manually. MODELS: 'MCR Club'. Short wing, 145 kts cruise, vno 137 kts, 44 kt stall at MAUW of 544kg, 100hp Rotax 912S or Jabiru 6 cylinder. Fits French Certified Class and NZ/Aust Microlight class. Fly on a ML licence and LTSA medical from your own GP. 'MCR Turbo Club' 160 kts at 8000ft, 120hp Rotax 914S. French certified class, NZ/Aust Microlight Class. Fly on a ML licence and LTSA medical from your own GP.
DynAero 'ULC' (DynAero photo) MCR 'ULC'. Longer wing and slow stall, 135 kts cruise, vno 120 kts, 36 kts stall at MAUW of 544kg, 100hp Rotax 912S. Low stall to get into French/European Microlight class. NZ/Australian Microlight Class. Fly on ML licence and LTSA medical from your own GP. Good for short strips... but even the 'Club' with the short wing has a surprisingly short roll. 'MCR 4S'. Wide body pick up model is a 2 seater fitting the Microlight regulations. Same airframe as the 4 seater, 125 kts cruise, 40 kt stall at MAUW of 544kg, up to 250kg useable, ballistic parachute (lowers plane to the ground complete with passengers) and oleo landing gear as standard. French Certified Class, NZ/Aust Microlight Class. Note; A 4 seater version is available as a kit plane to be registered under the NZ/Aust 'experimental' regulations and flown on a PPL.
DynAero '4S', 2 seat Sports Aircraft (ML licence) or 4 seat GA aircraft (PPL). 180 degree visibility with no pillars in front of the pilot. (DynAero photo)
Approaching Wanganui from the west at 140kn in the 'Club'. (Window marks are propellor/camera synchronisation.) Demonstration videos: Click on he links for video clips of DynAero aircraft in action: 'ULC' & 'M' (Mountain - Taildragger) Video More about Manufacturer: Website: DynAero (France) More about 'MCR Club': www.dynaero.com/lien/mcrclubuk.htm. More about 'MCR Turbo Club': www.dynaero.com/lien/mcrclubuk.htm. More about 'ULC': www.dynaero.com/lien/mcrulcuk.htm. More about '4S': www.dynaero.com/lien/mcr4suk.htm Reviews of the DynAero 'Club': 'Wings' Magazine, NZ, Sept 07 (NZ), 'Local review' July 07 (NZ).
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