Maule M-5

M-5
Maule M-5-235C
Role	Four-seat cabin monoplaneTemplate:Short description
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Maule Aircraft Company
Designer	Belford Maule
First flight	1971
Introduction	1974
Produced	1974-1983
Number built	over 855
Developed from	Maule M-4

The Maule M-5 is an American four-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Maule Aircraft Company.

Design and development

The M-5 was a development of the earlier Maule M-4 with improved STOL performance. It has a 30% increase in flap area and enlarged tail surfaces.

Two prototype M-5s flew in 1971, one powered by a 210-hp (157 kW) engine, the other with a 220-hp (164 kW) engine.

The M-5 is a steel-tube and fabric high-wing braced-monoplane with a cantilever tailplane with a single fin and rudder. It has a fixed-tailwheel landing gear and an enclosed cabin with two rows of side-by-side seating for a pilot and three passengers. The aircraft entered production in 1974 and was named the Strata Rocket and the Lunar Rocket. A generally similar M-6 Super Rocket was also developed with a wingspan and more fuel capacity, smaller ailerons and larger flaps.

Variants

M-5-180C

Initial production variant with a Lycoming O-360-C1F engine, more than 94 built.

M-5-200

One aircraft modified with a engine.

M-5-210C Strata Rocket

180C with a Continental IO-360-D engine in a revised cowling, 206 built.

M-5-210TC Lunar Rocket

210C fitted with a turbocharged Lycoming TO-360 engine, 10 built.

M-5-220C Lunar Rocket

210C fitted with a Franklin 6A-350-C1 engine, 57 built.

M-5-235C Lunar Rocket

210C fitted with a Lycoming O-540-J1A5D engine, more than 379 built.

M-6-235C Super Rocket

235C with a wingspan and more fuel capacity, smaller ailerons and larger flaps, 136 built.