Lucas L5
# Lucas L5

The Lucas L5 was a sport aircraft designed in France in the late 1970s and marketed for amateur construction. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with side-by-side seating for two in a fully enclosed cabin. Construction was of metal throughout, and the builder was given the option of fixed, tricycle undercarriage, or tailwheel undercarriage in which the main units were manually retractable.

## Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 494

General characteristics

* Crew: One pilot
* Capacity: 1 passenger
* Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
* Wingspan: 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
* Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
* Wing area: 11.9 $m^2$ (128 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 505 kg (1,113 lb)
* Gross weight: 946 kg (2,086 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235 , 86 kW (115 hp)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
* Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
* Rate of climb: 5.0 m/s (985 ft/min)
