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The Croses EC-6 Criquet ("Locust") is a 1960s French two-seat homebuilt aircraft designed by Emilien Croses.
Development
The EC-6 Criquet is a design for a homebuilt aircraft with a tailwheel landing gear, and tandem wing configuration similar to the Mignet Pou-du-Ciel family. It has two side-by-side seats. It first flew in 1965, and seven examples had flown by 1977, with more than 60 known to be under construction.
The EC-6 Criquet Léger (Mini Criquet) is an ultralight variant.
The LC-6 Criquet is an improved version developed by Gilbert Landray.
The LC-10 Criquet was developed by a Mr Millet of Société Co-Plasud who used fibreglass construction throughout the entire aircraft. It was used as a trainer by the Aéro-Club du Maconnais. While considerably more expensive to build than a conventional wooden Criquet, the fibreglass version was also 80 kg (180 lb) heavier.
Operational history
As well as being used for local flying, the Criquet has been flown to both national and international light aircraft rallies. A French owned example visited the 1992 rally at RAF Wroughton airfield near Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
Variants
EC-6 Criquet
(English:cricket) The original version designed by Emilien Croses.
EC-6 Criquet Léger
An ultralight version.
LC-6 Criquet
(LC - Landray-Coses) The EC-6 modified and improved by Gilbert Landray.
LC-10 Criquet
(LC - Laibie-Coses) An all fibre-glass version of the EC-6 built by M. Millet of Société Co-Plasud (president of the Aero-club de l'Aude). A second LC-10 was built by M. Barrière.
Specifications (EC-6 no.01 Criquet)
Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76, Simpson (2001)General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) * Forward wing span: 7.8 m (26 ft)
Rear wing span: 7 m (23 ft)
Wing area: 16 m2 (170 sq ft)
Aspect ratio: 6.5 (forward wing) ; 5.833 (rear wing)
Airfoil: NACA 23012 modified
Empty weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
Gross weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
Fuel capacity: 60 L (16 US gal; 13 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 67 kW (90 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed SIPA propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 213 km/h (132 mph, 115 kn)
Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) * Minimum flying speed: (will not stall) 40 km/h (25 mph; 22 kn)
Range: 480 km (300 mi, 260 nmi)
Time to altitude: 6 minutes 14 seconds to 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
See also
Croses EC-1 Pouplume
Croses EC-8 Tourisme
Croses EC-9 Para-Cargo
Lederlin 380L
References
Further reading
Taylor, John W.R.; Munson, Kenneth, eds. (1977). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1977-78 (Sixty-eighth year of issue. ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 486–487. ISBN 9780531032787.
Taylor, Michael J.H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopaedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-517-69186-1.