Fournier RF-10

what is it?

The Fournier RF-10 is a two-seat motor glider designed by René Fournier in 1981. The aircraft is a further development of the RF-9 and incorporated plastic and carbon-fiber structures. The aircraft has also been license manufactured in Brazil as the AMT 100 Ximango.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 17.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• size 770 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

• 🎂First flew 45 years ago, in 1981.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.5 m: about 4 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

1981

number built

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role

motorglider

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

René Fournier

engines

1× Limbach L2000 EO I

crew

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

17.5 m

height

1.9 m

max take-off weight

770 kg

top speed

200 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.

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