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The Bushcaddy L-162 Max is a Canadian kit aircraft that was designed by Sean Gilmore and produced by Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service and most recently by Bushcaddy. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 47. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕 ==Design and development== The L-162 was developed from the Bushcaddy L-160 as a result of customer demand for a freight aircraft that could also provide room for a second row of seats behind the pilot and passenger seats. Unlike the L-160's designation, which indicates that the design engine for that model was originally a Lycoming O-320 of , the L-162 designation is just a numerical sequence and does not indicate horsepower.〔〔〔Hunt, Adam: ''Elegant Utility - Flying the CLASS R-80 BushCaddy'', Canadian Flight July 2005, page B-1. Canadian Owners and Pilots Association.〕 The L-162 features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear, or optionally tricycle landing gear, and a single engine in tractor configuration. Floats and skis can also be fitted.〔〔 The aircraft fuselage is made with a frame of welded 6061-T6 aluminum square tubing, covered in 6061-T6 sheet. Its span wing employs V-struts with jury struts. The wing has an area of and flaps. It can accept four-stroke powerplants from , with the Lycoming O-360 of commonly used. Cabin access is via two fold-up doors.〔〔 Construction time for the factory kit is estimated at 1200 hours. Twelve examples had been completed and flown by December 2011.〔 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「Bushcaddy L-162 Max」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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