ACBA Midour
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The ACBA Midour, Midour 2 and Midour 3 are a series of glider tugs manufactured by the Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac in France, and named after the Midou River.
Design and development
The Midour is a double-seat, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, fitted with a fixed, tricycle undercarriage. Developed in the workshop of the ACBA using the wings of a Robin DR400, the Midour first flew in 1993[1] and four additional examples to the original design have been built, along with two modified versions.
Although the Midour is sometimes equipped with only a single seat, a passenger can be carried behind the pilot, to assist in the release of gliders being towed.
Variants
- ACBA-7 Midour
- Original version with 180 horsepower (130 kW) Lycoming O-360 engine; five built.
- ACBA-8 Midour 2
- Improved version with entirely new wing design. One built.
- ACBA Midour 3
- Optimised, quieted version of Midour 2 with new fuselage and canopy, designed to be especially quiet due to noise pollution concerns. One built.[2]
Specifications (ACBA-7)
Data from [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
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See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lert, Frédéric (May–June 2021). "L'ami Midour - Un stackhanoviste de l'aérien". Aviasport (in French). No. 774. pp. 26–31.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ - Aéro Club du Bas Armagnac - Construction amateur Script error: No such module "webarchive". (French). Accessed 2010-10-29.
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2799 (DR400 wing data)
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