MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13342 posts, RR: 64 Reply 6, posted (9 years 5 months 20 hours ago) and read 10537 times:
It is called a Krikri and is a French design AFAIK. It uses two lawnmover engines and is the smalles twin in service. The pilot needs a shoehorn to get in.
Funny stories concerning the Krikri:
Pilot approaches a busy airport. Tower controler doesn´t recognize the type and when the pilot tells him it is a twin, the controler thinks it is something like a Beech Baron and clears it ahead of other single engine planes.
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Out of a newspaper: Pilot of a Krikri got fined in France for a traffic violation. Apparently he landed on a GA field w/o a restaurant, got hungry but didn´t want to walk to the next village. He took the wings off the plane and rode it down a highway when he got stopped by the Flic´s.
Airliner777 From United States of America, joined exactly 13 years ago today! , 493 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (9 years 5 months 19 hours ago) and read 10361 times:
707CMf From France, joined Mar 2002, 4885 posts, RR: 32 Reply 12, posted (9 years 5 months 19 hours ago) and read 10278 times:
Well if you look at the registration, the P after the F means it is home built and not factory built aircraft. Now, it does not say whether it is a kit or a full homebuilt.
And yes, it is equipped with two-stroke engines
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13342 posts, RR: 64 Reply 15, posted (9 years 5 months 18 hours ago) and read 10065 times:
Acc. to the history the designer wanted to build the smallest possible man carrying plane. He planed to use a single 20hp two stroke engine. He couldn´t find the right engine, so he used two 9 hp chainsaw engines instead...
PW100 From Netherlands, joined Jan 2002, 1983 posts, RR: 10 Reply 18, posted (9 years 5 months 17 hours ago) and read 9793 times:
Well, this guy made himself a Turbine-powered version:
Noted French pilot Nicolas Charmont has installed 2 AMT Olympus
turbines in his Cri Cri together with AMT on-board automatic
start-up units and individual EDT's.
The Cri Cri weighs 170 Kg, and should have enhanced
performance withover 36 Kg of thrust available.
The Cri Cri has made his maiden flight in the weekeind of 7-8 March.
Top speed at this flight was 240 km/hour (150 mph). Flying with
only one engine the speed is still 160 km/hour (100mph).
For info on this engine [which really is a model turbine for RC model jets]: http://www.amt.nl/
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MD-90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 8418 posts, RR: 13 Reply 20, posted (9 years 5 months 16 hours ago) and read 9598 times:
There was actually a good article in Flying or another of my aviation magazine's about a guy who actually built multiengine time in a Cri-Cri. He flies the heavy iron for a big airline nowadays...his scheme for cheap multi time actually having worked.
He also related that the plane could not sustain level flight on one engine, and that they were very unreliable. He said he had something like 10-12 inflight engine failures in it over the course of about 500 or so hours, as I recall.
I've seen some nice Cri-Cri's at Oshkosh. They're pretty cool little planes.
GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 24, posted (9 years 5 months 11 hours ago) and read 8868 times:
Ask the forum user Cricri that question Suspen
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25 UTA_flyinghigh: So, is it the smallest one around or not ?!? UTA
26 Espion007: I think there is this little single engine in the Udvar-hazy museum.It looked so small I thought it was just a model....
27 CanadianNorth: well hell ill strap on a third lawn mower engine so it can take off from the back yard and ill be gone every other day with it! CanadianNorth
29 Starrion: What A342 did he get the turbine engines off anyway?
30 Fritzi: Starrion, Those are acutally the new GE90-0.036B!
31 Espion007: Imagine you´re calling to ATC that you´re flying a twin jet! Man i want one of those!Any1 think it might soon appear in a new james bond movie?btw h
32 N707PA: It is a "pressurized aircraft"??? AHAHAHAHA Only when the pilot farts.......
33 Chi-town: What is the cruising speed for that little fella?
34 Continental: That'd be sweet that when you're done, you can take it apart and throw it in your trunk!
35 Flyf15: Does anyone know if in th US these would be considered ultralights or would they actually be experimental aircraft requiring a pilot license? Anyone k
36 Boo25: The prop version is often 'launched' from a Toyota 4X4 at some speed at some smaller UK airshows! Would have to be pretty brave to do that!Its SO sma
37 Hmmmm...: I was very impressed with those little jet engines. I wanted to buy one myself for my own little ultralight. But after doing some research I discovere
38 USAFHummer: Since the jet version is a jet...do you need a type rating for that one??? Greg
39 Hmmmm...: For anyone interested in making a project jet engine at home: build one at home But it will use lots of gas!
40 Acidradio: Can you get ETOPS certified on this one with the jet turbines? Could a third tail engine be added for distance? As it is a French product, I take it t
41 Mr.BA: Do we have to flax the thrust for departure for the best efficiency?
42 UTA_flyingHIGH: ...as per the jet type rating...the pilot developing the jet version DID need to get one, so he did a couple of hours in an old Fouga Magister (used f
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I think they should stretch it and add two more engines, just think of the extra cargo, range and possible second deck. 
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