| Manufacturer |
3Xtrim Aircraft Factory |
Air Department |
| Description |
The 3X55 Trener (Trainer) and 3X47 Ultra are a family of ultralight aircraft produced in Poland by the 3Xtrim Aircraft Factory. |
The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I. |
| ICAO Code |
TR55 |
|
| First Flight |
1996-01-01 |
1915-01-01 |
| Designer |
Adam Kurbiel |
Harris Booth |
| Type |
Ultralight aircraft |
Fighter |
| Length (m) |
6.87 |
6.7056 |
| Height (m) |
2.4 |
3.048 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
|
135.1849 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
170 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
70 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
4000 |
|
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
4.5 |
|
| Armament |
|
1x 2-pounder (40 mm) Davis recoilless gun (intended, but never fitted in view of the fragility of the Scout's construction) |
| Capacity Description |
one passenger |
|
| Number Built |
60 |
4 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Rotax 912 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 73 kW (98 hp) each |
1 × Gnome Monosoupape 9 Type B-2 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
|
Royal Naval Air Service - testing only |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Xtrim_3X55_Trener |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_Scout |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.03 |
10.0584 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
12.4 |
|
| Flat Wing Aspect Ratio |
8.1 |
|
| Wake Category |
L |
|
| Aircraft Engine |
Rotax 912 |
Gnome Monosoupape |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |