Grob G 116

{{Infobox aircraft | name = G 116 | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Civil utility aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Germany | manufacturer = [[Grob Aircraft]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 1 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = April 1988 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Grob G 116''' was a civil utility aircraft developed in Germany in the late 1980s. It was an enlarged and more powerful four-seat version of the two-seat [[Grob G 115]]. Like its predecessor, it was a conventional low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage. Also like the G 115, construction throughout was of composite materials.

Grob commenced displaying a highly realistic mock-up of the design in 1987, and a prototype flew the following year. However, by 1989 the firm became uncertain about the commercial viability of the aircraft in the face of heavy competition in the four-seat sector, and the project was first postponed and finally cancelled.

==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |prime units? = met |crew=One pilot |capacity=3 passengers |length m=8.50 |length ft=27 |length in=11 |span m=11.00 |span ft=36 |span in=1 |height m=3.00 |height ft=9 |height in=10 |wing area sqm=15.5 |wing area sqft=167 |empty weight kg=710 |empty weight lb=1,565 |gross weight kg=1,198 |gross weight lb=2,641 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Avco Lycoming O-360]] |eng1 kw=134 |eng1 hp=180 |max speed kmh=285 |max speed mph=177 |range km=1,200 |range miles=745 |climb rate ms=5.0 |climb rate ftmin=980 }}  {{aircontent  |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= |lists= }}

==References== * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=927 }} * {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 895 Sheet 14 }} * {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |pages=200, 203 }} * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1987-88 |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |location=London |pages=97 }} * {{cite journal |title=Grob plans four-seat tourer |journal=[[Flight International]] |date=20 June 1987 |pages=15 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%200989.html |accessdate=2008-04-14}} * {{cite journal |title=Grob 116 faces cancellation |journal=[[Flight International]] |date=12 August 1989 |pages=6 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1989/1989%20-%202432.html |accessdate=2008-04-14}}

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