Maule M-5

what is it?

The Maule M-5 is an American four-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Maule Aircraft Company.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 277 km/htop speed
• seats 3passengers
• size 1,043 kgmax take-off weight
• built 855made in total

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

• 🎂First flew 55 years ago, in 1971.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.4 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

1971

introduced

1974

number built

855

role

four-seat cabin monoplane

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Maule Air

engines

1× Lycoming O-540-J1A5D

crew

1

passengers

3

length

7.2 m

wingspan

9.4 m

height

1.9 m

max take-off weight

1,043 kg

top speed

277 km/h

cruise speed

257 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,096 m

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