- Variants
- Specifications
- References
- External links
| name = APM 40 Simba | logo = | image = APM 40 Simba - Le Bourget 2009.jpg | caption = }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type = Civil utility aircraft | manufacturer = Issoire Aviation | designer = | first flight = May 19, 2009[1] | introduction = | retired = | status = | primary user = | more users = | produced = | number built = | unit cost = | developed from = APM 30 Lion | variants with their own articles =
}} |
The Issoire APM 40 Simba is a four-seat light aircraft manufactured by the French manufacturer Issoire Aviation. It is entirely built from carbon-fiber-reinforced polymers.[2] The aircraft's first flight was on 19 May 2009, and it made its public debut at the Paris Air Show in June 2009.[1] It is a derivative of the 2-seater APM 20 Lionceau and 3-seater APM 30 Lion. Variants- APM 40 Simba
Powered by a continental IO-240F. - APM 41 Simba 915iS
Powered by a Rotax 915iS. Scheduled to enter service in Q1 of 2017.[2] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Le Point and Gil Roy[1][3]
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|capacity=3 passengers
|length m=7.7
|length ft=
|length in=
|length note=
|span m=8.66
|span ft=
|span in=
|span note=
|height m=
|height ft=
|height in=
|height note=
|wing area sqm=
|wing area sqft=
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=
|airfoil=
|empty weight kg=490
|empty weight lb=
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=
|gross weight note=
|max takeoff weight kg=1000
|max takeoff weight lb=
|max takeoff weight note=
|fuel capacity=
|lift kg=
|lift lb=
|lift note=
|more general=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Teledyne Continental Motors IO-240F
|eng1 type=4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=125
|eng1 shp=
|eng1 kn=
|eng1 lbf=
|eng1 note=
|power original=
|thrust original=
|eng1 kn-ab=
|eng1 lbf-ab=
|prop blade number=
|prop name=
|prop dia m=
|prop dia ft=
|prop dia in=
|prop dia note=
|perfhide=
|max speed kmh=
|max speed mph=
|max speed kts=
|max speed note=
|max speed mach=
|cruise speed kmh=220
|cruise speed mph=
|cruise speed kts=
|cruise speed note=
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed mph=
|stall speed kts=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed mph=
|never exceed speed kts=
|never exceed speed note=
|minimum control speed kmh=
|minimum control speed mph=
|minimum control speed kts=
|minimum control speed note=
|range km=700
|range miles=
|range nmi=
|range note=
|combat range km=
|combat range miles=
|combat range nmi=
|combat range note=
|ferry range km=
|ferry range miles=
|ferry range nmi=
|ferry range note=
|endurance=
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=
|ceiling note=
|g limits=
|roll rate=
|glide ratio=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|sink rate ms=
|sink rate ftmin=
|sink rate note=
|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=
|wing loading lb/sqft=
|wing loading note=
|disk loading kg/m2=
|disk loading lb/sqft=
|disk loading note=
|fuel consumption kg/km=
|fuel consumption lb/mi=
|power/mass=
|thrust/weight=
|more performance=
|avionics=
}}
References1. ^1 2 {{cite web | title= Les dix stars du Bourget | url=http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-economie/2009-06-09/les-dix-stars-du-bourget/1963/2/1270/1/ | publisher=Le Point | year=2009 | accessdate=2009-06-13|language=fr}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aerovfr.com/2016/12/rotax-915is-pour-lapm-41-simba/|title=Rotax 915iS pour l’APM-41 Simba – aeroVFR|work=aerovfr.com|accessdate=4 April 2017}}
3. ^1 {{cite web | title= Issoire Aviation dévoile son futur quadriplace Simba | url=http://www.gilroy.fr/spip.php?article524 | publisher=Gil Roy | year=2009 | accessdate=2009-06-13|language=fr}}
External links{{commonscat|Issoire Aviation}}- {{fr icon}} Issoire Aviation
- {{fr icon}} Philippe Moniot aircraft
{{aero-2000s-stub}} 5 : Low-wing aircraft|French civil utility aircraft 2000–2009|Single-engined tractor aircraft|Aircraft first flown in 2009|Issoire aircraft |