The Bagalini Bagaliante (a portmanteau of "Bagalini" and "Glider") is an Italian high-wing, strut-braced, single-seat, pusher configuration, conventional landing gear motor glider that was designed by Marino Bagalini and made available as plans for amateur construction.^[1][2]

Design and development

The Bagaliante is constructed from wood and metal and is of pod-and-boom layout.^[1]

The 12.2 m (40.0 ft) span wing employs a Göttingen 535 airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an NACA 4412 section at the wingtip. The wing uses a semi-tapered planform, tapering outboard of the mid-span point. The specified engine is a 19 kW (25 hp) Rotax 277 two-stroke aircraft engine, mounted aft of the cockpit and driving a pusher propeller mounted above the tail boom. The fixed mainwheels are located beside the fuselage on small sponsons.^[1][3]

Even with the small Rotax 277 fitted, the takeoff and landing distance is 46 m (150.9 ft)^[1]

The estimated time to build the aircraft from the plans is 700 hours.^[1]

Specifications (Bagaliante)

Data from Purdy^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 6.40 m (21.00 ft)
• Wingspan: 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
• Airfoil: root: Gottingen 535, tip: NACA 4412
• Empty weight: 110 kg (242 lb)
• Gross weight: 185 kg (407 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 11 litres (2.9 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 277 , 19 kW (26 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden

Performance

• Maximum speed: 87 km/h (54 mph, 47 kn)
• Cruise speed: 60 km/h (37 mph, 32 kn)
• Stall speed: 42 km/h (26 mph, 23 kn)
• Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (900 ft/min)