title: Mace-Trefethen M-101 Macerschmitt
text: # Mace-Trefethen M-101 Macerschmitt
  
  The Mace-Trefethen M-101 Macerschmitt, also called the Could-Bee, is a single place homebuilt aircraft design built in the late 1950s.
  
  ## Design
  
  The M-101 is a single-place, strut-braced, tapered mid-wing, conventional landing gear equipped aircraft. Entrance is through a sliding canopy. Brake components were adapted from a Cessna 310 and a Piper Cub.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  The M-101 was test flown on 15, July 1959 at Sacramento Municipal Airport.
  
  ## Specifications (Mace-Trefethen M-101 Macerschmitt)
  
  Data from Sport Aviation
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
  * Wingspan: 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
  * Wing area: 65.5 sq ft (6.09 $m^2)$
  * Airfoil: NACA 0009
  * Empty weight: 685 lb (311 kg)
  * Gross weight: 2,205 lb (1,000 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290 , 125 hp (93 kW)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 320 km/h)
  * Cruise speed: 150 kn (170 mph, 270 km/h)
  * Stall speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 121 km/h)
  * Rate of climb: 2,000 ft/min (10 m/s)
  