Mission Designed BushKing STOL

The Airplane

Simple rugged utilitarian 4- place airplane desgned specifically for bush medical work.

Costs less than $100,000 brand new and delivered to PNG.

Costs about $22 per hour for fuel in PNG and $5 per hour for maintenance.

Designed in South Africa for bush medical flights out of strips the size of soccer fields.

Weighs around 892 lbs empty

1760 maximum take-off weight rating

Aproximately 870 lbs useful load

Roomy cabin allows for seating of 4 (two large adults and two smaller in rear)

Cabin can be set up for stretcher on right and tandem seating on left.

Simple powerplant that burns 3 to 4 gallons of low octane auto fuel per hour and costs less than $1000 to overhaul.

The Engine

Turbo normalized 135 horse VW based 2.3 liter.

Fuel burn rates around 3 to 4gph at cruise.

Simple bench overhaul with no special tools.

Rebuild for less than $1000 in parts.

Burns low octane readily available auto fuel

Extensively tested on 29 mission aircraft for over 30,000 hours in South Africa

Excellent reliability and simple to maintain

Performance

We are not allowed to give official numbers here due to BushKing waiting for the independent organization that is doing the flight testing to release these numbers. The following are based on conversations with BushKing regarding their own experience with the model they have flown.

Stall Speed - 35mph

Land in 50 meters

Cruise around 85 to 95 mph

climb performance better than 1000fpm

Carry 22 or 44 gallons of fuel

Better than 5 hour range

Great center of gravity range due to wide wing. Most of cabin is under wing so easy load placement for keeping in the center of gravity envelope.

BushKing STOL