De Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter

The de Bernardi M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter is a two-seat light sport aircraft designed by Mario De Bernardi as a follow-on to the single-seat Partenavia P.53 Aeroscooter.

M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter
Role Light aircraft
National origin Italy
Designer Mario de Bernardi
First flight 16 November 1957
Number built 1
Unit cost
1500000 lire in 1960

Development

having developed the all-metal single-seat Partenavia Aeroscooter earlier, Mario de Bernardi sought to improve the design as the two-seat M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter was developed as a aircraft to be built by CAP in Bergamo, Italy.[1]

Design

The Aeroscooter is a low-wing, two-seat monoplane. The partial welded steel tube fuselage uses aluminum skins. The wing uses a wood spar. The tricycle landing gear uses trailing link suspension. The single-piece plexiglas canopy slides forward to open. All fuel is housed in the 20 l (5.28 US gal; 4.40 imp gal) header tank and 50 l (13.21 US gal; 11.00 imp gal) main tank behind the passenger's seat.

Operational history

The prototype was built by De Bernardi with the assistance of two mechanics. In April 1959, De Bernardi died of a heart attack after flying a demonstration of the prototype at Rome Urbe Airport.[1]

An example is on display at Museo Aeronautico Caproni di Taledo, Milano.[2]

Variants

The daughter of De Bernardi is offering plans for a modernized version of the Aeroscooter using a Rotax 912UL engine to be flown under Italian microlight category.[3]

Specifications (M.d.B. 02 Aeroscooter)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59[4], The Aircraft of the World[5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
  • Wing area: 8.300 m2 (89.34 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
  • Gross weight: 460 kg (1,014 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 60 l (15.85 US gal; 13.20 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Agusta GA.70/0 4-cylinder horizontally-opposed piston engine, 62 kW (83 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
  • Stall speed: 50 km/h (31 mph, 27 kn)
  • Range: 600 km (370 mi, 320 nmi)
  • Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min) at sea level
  • Take-off run: 50 m (164 ft)
  • Landing run: 50 m (164 ft)
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See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

  • Erco Ercoupe

References
  1. Sport Aviation. June 1960. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "De Bernardi MDB 02 Aeroscooter". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. "Aeroscooter MdB 02". Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1958). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 193.
  5. Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. p. 85.
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