title: M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo
text: # M&D Flugzeugbau Samburo
  
  The M&D Flugzeugbau AVo 68 Samburo is a two-seat motor glider, first designed and manufactured in Austria.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft is of typical motorglider configuration, with a tractor propeller and long, tapering wings. As originally designed, it also had a sailplane-like undercarriage consisting of a single mainwheel and a steerable tailwheel; however, later versions have a fixed taildragger undercarriage with two spatted mainwheels. The pilot and passenger sit side by side. With numerous design changes - including modern Rotax engines, state-of-the-art avionics, and aerotow capabilities, it is still in production by the M&D Flugzeugbau company in Germany.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### AVo 60 Samburo
  
      The initial prototype powered by a 60 PS (44 kW) Limbach engine.
  
  ### AVo 68 Samburo
  
      Production aircraft powered by 68 PS (50 kW) Limbach engines.
  
  ## Specifications (AVo 68-R 115)
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one pilot
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Length: 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in)
  * Wingspan: 16.68 m (54 ft 9 in)
  * Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
  * Wing area: 20.7 $m^2$ (223 sq ft)
  * Aspect ratio: 13.6:1
  * Empty weight: 550 kg (1,212 lb)
  * Gross weight: 750 kg (1,543 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914F piston engine , 85 kW (115 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
  * Range: 1,000 km (623 mi, 541 nmi)
  * Maximum glide ratio: 25:1
  * Rate of climb: 6.0 m/s (1,180 ft/min)
  * Rate of sink: 1.15 m/s (226 ft/min)
  