The Falconar AMF-14H Maranda is a Canadian amateur-built aircraft, designed and originally produced by

Falconar Avia Falconar Avia was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Edmonton, Alberta. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kits and plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 1 ...

for the Canadian basic ultralight class and US

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category. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or as plans for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 Since the winding up of business by Falconar Avia in 2019, the plans are now sold by

Manna Aviation Manna Aviation is an Australian aircraft manufacturer based in Toronto, New South Wales, founded by Phil Hale. The company specializes in provision of parts and plans for amateur construction. The company focuses on plans for wooden aircraft, ...

Design and development

The aircraft was developed from the heavier Falconar AMF-S14 Super Maranda. The AMF-14H features a

strut-braced In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...

high-wing, a two-seats-in- side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit that is wide, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration. The AMF-14H structure is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered with doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing has an area of and is supported by "V" struts and

jury struts In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...

. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is and standard engines used include the Rotax 912ULS

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powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is 1100 hours.

Operational history

By December 2011 one example of this model had been completed.

Specifications (AMF-14H)

References

External links

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