Latécoère 225
Latécoère · France · first flew 1984 · light aircraft
The Latécoère 225 was an unusual single-seat canard microlight amphibian with a swept wing and a pusher engine. It was not put into production.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | High-mounted, swept |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, fuselage-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | Pusher engine at the rear of a boom above a flat-sided pod fuselage with a single-step hull |
| T — Tail | No tailplane |
WEFT is AircraftIQ's four-point recognition method — how it works.
Spot it by:
- Canard layout with a small unswept rectangular foreplane on a long boom ahead of the nose
- High wing swept at 13 degrees with endplate fins at the tips
- Pusher engine at the rear of a boom above a flat-sided pod fuselage with a single-step hull
Look for a tiny amphibian with a canard on a long boom, a swept high wing with tip fins and a rear-mounted pusher engine.
Specifications
- The Latécoère 225 has a length of 4.95 m (16 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 8.03 m (26 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 120 km/h (75 mph).
- Typical crew: 1.
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History
Design was under way by 1983 and the unflown aircraft appeared at the Hanover and Cannes airshows of 1984. It first flew on 18 July 1984.
Variants
Only one was built. It was first powered by an 18 kW flat-twin two-stroke engine, soon replaced by a 20 kW KFM 107er, and later renamed the SERLAG 225EX.
Where you'll see it
It was tested in early 1985 and its later career is mostly unrecorded. The prototype is displayed at the Musée Historique de l'Hydraviation at Biscarrosse.
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