title: MSL Aero H80
text: # MSL Aero H80
  
  The MSL Aero H80 is a French ultralight aircraft that was designed by Massimo Tedesco and Sebastian Lefebre and produced by MSL Aero of Limoges-Fourches.
  
  The company seem to have gone out of business in early 2015 and production ended.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its 8.60 m (28.2 ft) span wing has an area of 10.6 $m^2$ (114 sq ft) and flaps. The wing is supported by V-struts and jury struts. Standard engines available are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### H80
  
      Version with the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL engine.
  
  ### H100
  
      Version with the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS engine.
  
  ### H2O
  
      Floatplane version.
  
  ### Type H
  
      Version for the European ELA-1 category.
  
  ## Specifications (H80)
  
  Data from Bayerl and Tacke
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wingspan: 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in)
  * Wing area: 10.6 $m^2$ (114 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
  * Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 87 litres (19 imp gal; 23 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
  * Stall speed: 58 km/h (36 mph, 31 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 44.6 $kg/m^2$ (9.1 lb/sq ft)
  