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Noted French pilot Nicolas Charmont has installed 2 AMT Olympus turbines in his Cri Cri together with AMT on-board automatic start-up units and individual EDT's. The Cri Cri weighs 170 Kg, and should have enhanced performance withover 36 Kg of thrust available. The Cri Cri has made his maiden flight in the weekeind of 7-8 March. Top speed at this flight was 240 km/hour (150 mph). Flying with only one engine the speed is still 160 km/hour (100mph). More info :http://www.amtjets.com/

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Formation flight with that intriguing airplane, Michel Colomban's Cricri MC15. Known to be the smallest twin-engined airplane in the world (4.90m wingspan, 72kg empty weight, 2x15HP), it still has a 190km/h cruise speed and is capable of executing all the basic aerobatic maneuvers. Click on the image to view online (streaming) HD 1080p version, 4Mbps (266Mb) SD version, 2Mbps (132Mb) More: http://www.rc-tech.ch

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Min speed:	39 kt	45 mph	72 kmh
Cruise speed:	108 kt	124 mph	200 kmh
Vne:	159 kt	183 mph	295 kmh

Climb ratio: 600 ft/min | 3 m/s

Take off distance over 50ft (15m) obstacle: 330 ft | 101 m
Landing distance over 50ft (15m) obstacle: 495 ft | 151 m

Max. take off weight: 170 kg | 375 lbs
Empty weight: 80 kg | 176 lbs

Engine: 2 JPX PUL 212 engines, 15 hp each

Other aircraft information:
It was in 1971, when aircraft designer Michel Colomban started work on this small aircraft Cri Cri with two engines. His target was to build small, economis plane with two engines, which would be able to flying also some aerobatic maneuvers. Price of this plane shouldn't exceed 1000 USD, including two engines - these prises are from 1970, of course:-). Constructional works took around 1500 working hours, and than was Cri-Cri plane, which name is after nickname of Michel's daughter, prepared for it's first flight.

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Performance Table

MC-10	Cri-Cri	MC-12 Cricket MC-12 Cricket
Wingspan	5 m 5 m	4,9 m 4,9 m
Captain	3,9 m 3,9 m
Wing area	3,1 m2 3,1 m2
Re-air	63 kg 63 kg	75 kg 75 kg
Take-off weight	170 kg 170 kg
Wing load	55 kg/m2 55 kg/m2
Engine Model	2x 9PS 2x 9PS	2x 15PS 2x 15PS
Overload factor	+9G, -4,5G +9 G, -4,5 G	+9G, -4,5G +9 G, -4,5 G
Maximum speed	200 km/h 200 km / h	250 km/h 250 km / h
Cruising speed	170 km/h 170 km / h	185 km/h 185 km / h
Rate of climb	3 m/s 3 m / s	6 m/s 6 m / s
Roll away	150 m 150 m	120 m 120 m
Ceiling	5500米 5500 m
Voyage	750 km 750 km	500 km 500 km

Cri Cri World Smallest Twin Engine Aircraft

The Cri-Cri is a popular homebuilt design developed in France by engineer and pilot Michel Colomban. Colomban became fascinated by small aircraft and hoped to create a tiny and economical plane with good performance and aerobatic capabilities. His goal was a very simple and lightweight construction using no more than a 20-hp engine powering an airframe carrying a 172 lb (78 kg) pilot and 22 lb (10 kg) of fuel. Colomban's initial study in the late 1950s suggested that a single seat aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 395 lb (180 kg) and a wing area of 43 ft² (4 m²) was feasible.

Over a decade later, Colomban returned to his pet project but was able to make several improvements due to advances in technology. He incorporated new more efficient low-drag airfoils, composite parts, and thinner sheet metal for the wing skin to reduce weight and wing area to just 33 ft² (3.1 m²). The new aircraft also adopted twin 8-hp Stihl chain-saw engines, like those used aboard ultralights, in place of the planned single 20-hp engine. The change not only made the aircraft lighter but also improved the efficiency of each engine's propeller. Construction of the first example took about 1,500 hours, and several structural load tests were conducted to prove its advanced design elements were safe.

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