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OVERVIEW:
Before looking at the P-09 Scarab, lets discuss what's involved in designing an aircraft. When one first sit's down with pencil, paper, and computer, there are 3 basic rules that aircraft designers have used since the time of Clyde Cessna and Glenn Curtiss. These rules read something like this.
Rule NO.1. The aircraft's performance requirements are the first thing that must be defined. The aircraft is then designed around them.
Rule NO.2 Only proven materials and methods should be used in the aircraft's construction.
Rule NO.3 Designing an aircraft is a give and take process.
Now let's talk about how these rules were approached in designing the Scarab.
Looking at Rule NO.1 it was decided that this was indeed the only way to go. Each required item was listed in terms of performance, systems, ease of maintenance, ease of operation, etc. It was decided which were value added items and which were not. Then the design process moved on to Rule NO.2. It was decided that this was also the only way to go, using only proven materials and methods of construction. Fortunately this list has grown over 10 fold since the days of the early aircraft designers. With the track records of materials like carbon fiber, moldless composite construction, foam and resin composites, plus the traditional methods of welded steel, sheet metal, etc, it was literally possible to sort through and optimize all the available processes to ensure that the Scarab would be of the utmost quality.
Then it was decided to look at Rule NO.3, and throw it out the window!!!
Although one can't really eliminate all the effects of Rule NO.3, for many years aircraft designers have taken the course of least resistance by saying " well if you really want a fast cruise speed your going to have to give up cabin width," or "if you really want good slow speed handling qualities your going to have to give up a fast cruise speed and fuel economy." With the Scarab Rule NO.3 was rewritten to read " See Rule NO.1. If you stop and think about it, the very first thing you do in designing an aircraft is define it's performance requirements, then, if you follow the accepted method, a few steps later your negotiating these items away as if there were no other way but to settle for what you can get. This is where the Scarab is different. After looking at all the requirements it was decided not to try to "reinvent the wheel," but instead to evaluate wheel after wheel until finding the best one suited for this particular application.
These include items such as droop ailerons, and droop leading edge sections, large area flaps, speed brake, 3-axis electric trim, retractable gear, nose cargo area, 180 hp. engine, fixed or constant speed prop, 225 knot cruise, 40 to 45 knot stall speed, and the list goes on and on.
With attributes like these it's easy to see how the Scarab will lend itelf to just about any application, such as training, either primary to complex, aerial photography, aerial survey, pipeline patrol, or just plain fun machine.
The following are the general specfications for the Scarab Aircraft Industries P-09 Scarab. Some changes will no doubt be made as the aircraft moves through the construction and flight test process.
Fuselage Length 17 ft.
Total Aircraft Length. 22 ft.
Height 6.5 ft.
Total Wingspan 31.5 ft.
Wing Area 120.0 sq.ft.
Wing Loading 15.8 lb/sq/ft
Estimated Empty Wt. 1250 lb.
Estimated Gross Wt. 1905 lb.
Landing Gear Tricycle-Retractable
Seating 2- in tantem
Total Fuel Capacity 36 U.S. Gal.
Estimated Performance Data
Top Speed 245 knots
Cruise, 75% power 225 knots
Range,w/45min res. 816 miles
Stall Speed 42 knots
ABOUT SCARAB AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES
Scarab Aircraft Industries, (SAI,) is a new company being built around a new aircraft. We are not currently engaged in any other businesss, with the exception of designing and marketing plans for tools used in the aircraft industry. Our goal, after the flight test program is completed, is to market the Scarab as a "plans" built aircraft initally, then when funding will allow premanufactured component parts will be added to the business. When funding from sales will subsidise application to the FAA for a Type Certificate will be made with the long term goal being the availability of a completed SAI Scarab.
Our current goal is to have the prototype through it's flight test program and available for public viewing at Oshkosh 2002. We will be updating this site frequently to document our progress.
CONTACT US...
To contact Scarab Aircraft Industries you may email us at-- jsasai@hotmail.com. We will answer all queries, but give us a day or two.
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