title: Militi M.B.2 Leonardo
text: # Militi M.B.2 Leonardo
  
  The Militi M.B.2 Leonardo is an Italian single-seat powered flying-boat glider designed and built by Bruno Militi.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  A powered version of Militi's M.B.1 flying-boat glider the Leonardo is a parasol-wing monoplane with a two-step hull and a fuselage of aluminium alloy, wood and fibreglass. The mixed construction wing is supported by two N-form cabane struts in the centre and a V-strut outboard on each side; it has plain ailerons but no flaps. The pilot has an open cockpit with a small windscreen. The 42 hp (31 kW) modified Panhard motor car engine is strut-mounted above the wing centre section and drives a two-bladed fixed-pitch laminated wood pusher propeller. The aircraft was first flown on 21 June 1970 and was exhibited at the 1972 Turin Air Show.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1994-95
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 5.91 m (19 ft 4.75 in)
  * Wingspan: 8.14 m (26 ft 8.5 in)
  * Width: 0.90 m (2 ft 11.5 in)
  * Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 2.5 in)
  * Wing area: 11.40 $m^2$ (122.7 sq ft)
  * Aspect ratio: 5.7
  * Empty weight: 145 kg (319 lb)
  * Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Modified Panhard two-cylinder four-stroke air-cooled motor car engine , 31 kW (42 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 116 km/h (73 mph, 63 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn)
  * Stall speed: 55 km/h (34.5 mph, 30.0 kn)
  * Range: 200 km (124 mi, 108 nmi)
  * Endurance: 2 hours 30 minutes
  * Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,125 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 2.9 m/s (580 ft/min)
  