The BRM Land Africa is a Portuguese ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 34. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XVandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 36. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Chris Heintz, the designer of the Zenith STOL CH 701 considers the Land Africa an unauthorized copy of the CH 701. The Land Africa varies from CH 701 in having a wider and longer cockpit.
Design and development The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet. Its span wing has an area of and features large flaps as well as leading edge slots. Standard engines available are the Rotax 912UL and the Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.
In 2009 a new faster wing option was introduced that increases the top speed by about , while retaining the same low stall speed.
The Land Africa replaced the earlier BRM Okavango in production.
Specifications (Land Africa)
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