Ayres LM200 Loadmaster

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The '''Ayres LM200 Loadmaster''' was a small cargo aircraft developed in the 1990s by Ayres Corporation largely for the needs of small-package carriers. In 1996, urged on by FedEx Express, development was begun, designed to carry four demi containers. The aircraft was to be powered by a LHTEC CTP800-4T turboprop, which was composed of two CTP800s driving a single five-bladed Hamilton-Standard propeller through a combining gearbox. To support this development effort, Ayres acquired the LET aircraft manufacturing company in the Czech Republic in September 1998. In 2001, the company was forced into bankruptcy when creditors foreclosed on it, and the Loadmaster program was terminated.

==Specifications (LM200, as designed)==

{{Aircraft specs |ref= The International Directory of Civil Aircraft, 2001-2002<ref>Frawley, p. 35</ref> |prime units?=kts  |crew=1-2 (Aircraft was to have been certified for single pilot operation) |capacity= {{cvt|9000|lb|0}} of freight, or up to 34 passengers |length ft=64 |length in=4 |length note= |span ft=64 |span in=1 |span note= |height ft=23 |height in= |height note= |wing area sqft=458 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight lb=9000 |empty weight note= |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight lb=19000 |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=LHTEC CTP800-4T |eng1 type=turboprop engine |eng1 shp=2700 |eng1 note=

|prop blade number= |prop name= |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop dia note=  |max speed kts=200 |max speed note= |cruise speed kts=150 |cruise speed note= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range nmi=280 |range note= |ferry range nmi=1630 |ferry range note= |endurance= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==See also== {{aircontent |related=

|similar aircraft= * Cessna 208

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==References== ;Notes {{reflist}} ;Bibliography * {{cite book |last= Frawley |first= Gerard |title= The International Directory of Civil Aircraft, 2001-2002 |year= 2001 |publisher= Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd |location= Fyshwick, ACT, Australia |isbn=1-875671-52-8 }}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080514200458/http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/Frtypen/FRLM200.htm Flug-revue LM 200 page] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110711020518/http://www.forecastinternational.com/Archive/ca/ca12553.doc Forecast International Archive - Ayres Loadmaster 200] (a Microsoft Word document)

LM200 Category:Abandoned civil aircraft projects of the United States Category:United States cargo aircraft Category:1990s United States civil aircraft Category:Single-engined turboprop aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:High-wing aircraft