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Bölkow Bo107 Single-engine Sport Aircraft

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BruceDuncan

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Tuesday, June 24th 2014, 1:53pm

Bölkow Bo107 Single-engine Sport Aircraft



The Bölkow Bo107 is a two-seat light sportplane of all-metal design, featuring a conventional cantilever wing with fixed undercarriage. It has been designed by Ludwig Bölkow, and production undertaken by Bölkow Entwicklungen GmbH of Stuttgart.

General characteristics

Crew: one pilot and one passenger
Length: 8.16 metres
Wingspan: 10.87 metres
Height: 2.06 metres
Wing area: 15.7 square metres
Empty weight: 475 kg
Gross weight: 625 kg
Powerplant: one Hirth HM 504 4 cylinder air cooled inverted inline engine rated at 105 hp

Performance

Maximum speed: 190 kph
Range: 670 km
Service ceiling: 5,550 metres

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Saturday, June 28th 2014, 10:19am

A nice sleek looking sports plane. I can see this selling pretty well in Europe.
The pilot has acres of headroom too!

BruceDuncan

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Saturday, June 28th 2014, 1:27pm

Quoted from "Hood"

A nice sleek looking sports plane. I can see this selling pretty well in Europe.
The pilot has acres of headroom too!

Yes, with a peaceful Europe and rising incomes, sport flying is an area I expect would grow - so yes, smaller civil designs will be appearing in Germany. Not headline catching perhaps, but long-term money spinners for the second-tier manufacturers.

And hey, if you are flying for sport, why not acres of headroom?