Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5

{{Short description|American light aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Use American English|date=August 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5 | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[United States]] | manufacturer = [[Light Miniature Aircraft]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Plans no longer available, kits still available | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = more than 35 (2007) | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1991 | retired = | first_flight = 1991 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5''' series is a family of [[United States|American]] high-wing, [[conventional landing gear]], [[strut|strut-braced]], single-engine [[ultralight aircraft]] that are intended to resemble the [[Piper PA-18 Super Cub]]. The designs are all available as plans from [[Light Miniature Aircraft]] of [[Okeechobee, Florida]] for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="KitplanesDec1998">Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 55. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="KitplanesDec2007">Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 60. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 197. BAI Communications. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

The Light Miniature Aircraft company website [[domain name]] expired on 25 May 2010 and has not been renewed.<ref name="LMAwebsite">{{cite web|url = http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/|title = Lightminiatureaircraft.com|access-date = 5 June 2010|last = Network Solutions|author-link = Network Solutions|date=May 2010}}</ref> The company seems to have gone out of business about 2010, but [[Wicks Aircraft]] continues to provide kits for the designs.<ref name="archive">{{cite news|url = https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/ |title=Light Miniature Aircraft |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |access-date = 13 March 2015|date = 13 March 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="Wicks">{{cite web|url = http://aircraftproducts.wicksaircraft.com/category/aircraft-kits|title = Aircraft Kits|access-date = 13 March 2015|last = Wicks Aircraft|archive-date = 17 March 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150317062324/http://aircraftproducts.wicksaircraft.com/category/aircraft-kits|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Design and development== The LM-5 design is rendered in wood or optionally [[aluminum]] and covered in doped [[aircraft fabric]]. The aircraft are sold as plans, with components or complete kits also available to speed construction time.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" />

Unlike the company's [[Light Miniature Aircraft LM-1|LM-1 series]] which are scale representations of famous general aviation aircraft, the LM-5 series are the same size as the PA-18 that they resemble.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="LMAPrices">{{cite web|url = http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/Plans_Manuals.htm|title = Kit Planes, Plans & Manuals|access-date = 1 June 2010|last = Light Miniature Aircraft|date=May 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080531140141/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/Plans_Manuals.htm|archive-date = 31 May 2008}}</ref>

==Variants== ;LM-5X Super Cub :Tandem two-seat full-sized replica of a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, powered by a {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] or [[Volkswagen air-cooled engine]]. Built from aluminum and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Empty weight {{convert|620|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, gross weight {{convert|1040|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. The LM-5X was first flown in 1991 and was still available in 2010.<ref name="KitplanesDec1998" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /> ;LM-5X-W Super Cub :Tandem two-seat full-sized replica of a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, powered by a {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 582 or Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Built from wood and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Empty weight {{convert|775|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, gross weight {{convert|1275|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. Still available in 2010.<ref name="KitplanesDec2007" /><ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="LMAPrices" />

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==See also== {{aircontent  |see also= |related= |similar aircraft= *[[Piper PA-18]]

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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/}} – former location *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080531135938/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/ Light Miniature Aircraft] on [[Archive.org]] *[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y93A2MLIpKw/Sz0SSBjV-OI/AAAAAAAAAYM/c9h7Wu8tUZs/s400/IMG_3069.JPG Photo of an LM-5X-W]  {{Light Miniature Aircraft}}

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