Lancair 320

what is it?

The Lancair 320 is a two-seat single-engined light aircraft marketed in kit form by the U.S. general aviation manufacturer Lancair. It is based on the Lancair 235, but with a larger fuselage and more powerful engine, and like the 235, it is a low-winged monoplane of composite construction with a retractable tricycle undercarriage, with side-by-side seating in an enclosed cockpit. The Lancair 360 is similar, but with a more powerful engine.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 418 km/htop speed
• size 764 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 3.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

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

1988

number built

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role

homebuilt aircraft

makers

Lancair

engines

1× Textron Lycoming O-320

crew

2

length

6.4 m

wingspan

7.2 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

764 kg

top speed

418 km/h

cruise speed

386 km/h

range

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ceiling

5,486 m

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