TYPE: Side-by-side kitbuilt.

PROGRAMME: Announced at Oshkosh in July 2002 as the Team Rocket F2, based on major components from the F1, including wings, tail and landing gear. By July 2003, had become M1.

COSTS: Estimated kit price US$25,000; fast-build kit US$35,000 (2003).

DESIGN FEATURES: Intended to combine high performance and low price. Low-wing monoplane with closely cowled engine. Tapered wings and tailplane; moderately sweptback fin. Meets FAA’s ‘51 per cent’ rule. Quoted build time 2,250 hours (1,000 hours for fast-build kit).

FLYING CONTROLS: Conventional and manual. Flaps. Horn-balanced rudder and elevators.

STRUCTURE: Principally of aluminium, primed with epoxy chromate for corrosion resistance. Titanium mainwheel legs; glass fibre engine cowling and wingtips.

LANDING GEAR: Choice of tailwheel or nosewheel; fixed. Spring cantilever titanium mainwheel legs. Mainwheels 5.00-5.

POWER PLANT: One 224 kW (300 hp) Textron Lycoming IO-540 flat-six and MT-Propeller MTV-9-B-C/C193-109 three-blade, constant-speed propeller. Fuel capacity 227 litres (60.0 US gallons; 50.0 Imp gallons).

ACCOMMODATION: Two persons side by side beneath rearward-sliding canopy. Fixed windscreen.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

• Wing span: 8.20 m (26 ft 10¾ in))
• Wing aspect ratio: 6.6
• Length overall: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)

DIMENSIONS, INTERNAL:

• Cabin: Length: 1.28 m (4 ft 2½ in)
• Max width: 1.14 m (3 ft 9 in)
• Max height: 1.12 m (3 ft 8 in)
• Baggage hold volume: 0.42 m³ (15.0 cu ft)

AREAS:

• Wings, gross: 10.22 m² (110.0 sq ft)

WEIGHTS AND LOADINGS:

• Weight empty: 590 kg (1,300 lb)
• Max T-O weight: 952 kg (2,100 lb)
• Max wing loading: 93.2 kg/m² (19.09 lb/sq ft)
• Max power loading: 4.26 kg/kW (7.00 lb/hp)

PERFORMANCE:

• Max operating speed: 230 kt (426 km/h; 265 mph)
• Normal cruising speed at 75% power: 209 kt (386 km/h; 240 mph)
• Stalling speed, power off, flaps down: 44 kt (81 km/h; 50 mph)
• Max rate of climb at S/L: 1,067 m (3,500 ft)/min
• T-O run: 91 m (300 ft)
• Landing run: 213 m (700 ft)
• Range at 55% power: 1,099 n miles (2,035 km; 1,265 miles)

The article appears in the following publication:
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2004-2005. Jane's Information Group Ltd. 2004. ISBN: 0-7106-2614-2