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The ARV Griffin is a Canadian homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Dr Dave Marsden of the University of Alberta and produced by Canada Air RV and later by AC Millennium Corp, both of Edmonton. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 135. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 40. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 15. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: ''2004 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 36. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕 Both companies are out of business and production ended. ==Design and development== The aircraft features a strut-braced high wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit accessed via doors, fixed tricycle landing gear, or, optionally conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.〔 The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its span high aspect ratio wing employs a Marsden-designed IARV 419 airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of . Winglets were a factory option to improve low speed handling, lateral control and STOL performance. The cabin width is and the wings detach for ground transportation or storage. The acceptable power range for the Griffin Mark III is and the standard engines used are the Continental O-200A, Rotax 912, Rotax 618 two-stroke or the CAM 100 powerplants. Mounts were also available for the Subaru EA81, Lycoming O-235 and Suzuki engines.〔〔 The Griffin Mark III has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With a full fuel load of the payload for pilot, passenger and baggage is . The seats are fully adjustable and removable.〔 The fitting of floats and skis was listed as being under development in 1998. The Mark III kit included all-aluminum parts cut and bent, with fuselage, wing and tail assemblies pre-jigged. The aircraft could be bought as four separate sub-kits. The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 800 hours for the Mark III and 600 hours for the Mark IV.〔〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ARV Griffin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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