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

AVo 68 Samburo
Role	Motor glider Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Alpla, M&D Flugzeugbau
First flight	1977
Number built	16 by end of 1977

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 m² (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)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to AVo 68 Samburo.

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
• Manufacturer's website

На других языках

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[de] Avo 68

Die Avo 68 „Samburo“ ist ein zweisitziger Reisemotorsegler, der ursprünglich in Österreich von der Firma Alpla hergestellt wurde.

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- [en] M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo

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[fr] M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo

Les Samburo sont des motoplaneurs à deux places, conçus et fabriqués par M&D Flugzeugbau (en).

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