aircraft designed by Burt Rutan
Rutan Boomerang
The Rutan Model 202 Boomerang is an aircraft designed and built by Burt Rutan, with the first prototype taking flight in 1996. The design was intended to be a multi-engine aircraft that in the event of failure of a single engine would not become dangerously difficult to control due to asymmetric thrust. The result is an asymmetrical aircraft with a very distinct appearance.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Scaled Composites
- Country of origin
- United States
- First flight
- 1996-11-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 220 kt
- Max speed
- 270 kt
- Range
- 2,053 nm
- Service ceiling
- 15,500 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,900 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 4,189 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,359 lb
- Powerplant
- Lycoming TIO-360-C1A6D four-cylinder air-cooled piston engine, 210 hp
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 5
- Length
- 30.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 36.7 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.