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The de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo is a short takeoff and landing utility transport turboprop aircraft developed from the earlier piston-powered DHC-4 Caribou.The aircraft has extraordinary STOL performance and is able to take off in distances much shorter than even most light aircraft can manage.
The Alfa Romeo 115 is an Italian six-cylinder air-cooled inverted inline engine for aircraft use, mainly for training and light planes, based on the de Havilland Gipsy Six engine. Production totalled approximately 1,600 units. Derivatives of the 115 include the -1, bis, ter and Alfa Romeo 116. [1]
The Aero Boero AB-115 is an Argentine civil utility aircraft. It was developed from the AB-95 -115, a refined AB-95 with a more powerful engine and improved aerodynamics. Specific differences included wheel spats, a redesigned engine cowling molded of fiberglass, and aluminum ailerons and flaps.
The names of the aircraft shown in the table are not necessarily those they carried when provided for evaluation as at this point an aircraft would usually be referred to as the Manufacturer X.XX/XX, e.g., the Avro B.35/46 – this is in addition to the manufacturer's own separate internal designation for the aircraft, e.g., Avro 698.
The Continental C115, C125 and C140 aircraft engines were manufactured by Continental Motors in the 1940s, all sharing the US military designation O-280.These engines feature a flat-6 configuration and produce 115 hp (86 kW) 125 hp (93 kW) or 140 hp (104 kW) respectively.
The engine is a four stroke, 90° V twin cylinder, four valve, 1,225 cc (75 cu in) powerplant that delivers a maximum of 115 hp (86 kW) at 7000 rpm and is capable of inverted flight as well as tractor and pusher configuration installations. It is equipped with a 2.95-to-1 reduction gearbox and has a dry weight of 67 kg (147 lbs).
With the originally specified 82 lb (37 kg) Briggs & Stratton 401417, four-stroke, 656 cc, 16 hp (12 kW) lawn mower powerplant the aircraft has an empty weight of 230 lb (104 kg). The engine burns only 1 US gal (4 L) per hour giving an endurance of 5 hours on the specified 5 US gal (19 L) of fuel, hence the aircraft's name.
Prototype's first flight was 1999 and the aircraft is in production. The basic Ka-115 is powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada/Klimov PW206K/2 engine that drives a coaxial rotor system, equipped with rotor de-icing. The Ka-115 features a large five-door cabin with large windows and a skid undercarriage. The cabin is fitted with vibration and ...