M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo
# M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo

The M&D Flugzeugbau AVo 68 Samburo is a two-seat motor glider, first designed and manufactured in Austria.

## Design and development

The aircraft is of typical motorglider configuration, with a tractor propeller and long, tapering wings. As originally designed, it also had a sailplane-like undercarriage consisting of a single mainwheel and a steerable tailwheel; however, later versions have a fixed taildragger undercarriage with two spatted mainwheels. The pilot and passenger sit side by side. With numerous design changes - including modern Rotax engines, state-of-the-art avionics, and aerotow capabilities, it is still in production by the M&D Flugzeugbau company in Germany.

## Variants

### AVo 60 Samburo

    The initial prototype powered by a 60 PS (44 kW) Limbach engine.

### AVo 68 Samburo

    Production aircraft powered by 68 PS (50 kW) Limbach engines.

## Specifications (AVo 68-R 115)

General characteristics

* Crew: one pilot
* Capacity: one passenger
* Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
* Wingspan: 16.68 m (54 ft 9 in)
* Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
* Wing area: 20.7 $m^2$ (223 sq ft)
* Aspect ratio: 13.6:1
* Empty weight: 550 kg (1,212 lb)
* Gross weight: 750 kg (1,543 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914F piston engine , 85 kW (115 hp)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
* Range: 1,000 km (623 mi, 541 nmi)
* Maximum glide ratio: 25:1
* Rate of climb: 6.0 m/s (1,180 ft/min)
* Rate of sink: 1.15 m/s (226 ft/min)
