Flight Design MC

what is it?

The Flight Design MC (Metal Concept) is a German light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Flight Design, introduced at AirVenture in 2008. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 220 km/htop speed
• size 600 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.7× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

2008

status

in production

number built

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role

light-sport aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Flight Design

engines

1× Rotax 912UL

wingspan

9.5 m

max take-off weight

600 kg

top speed

220 km/h

cruise speed

210 km/h

range

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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.