# Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5

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American light aircraft

Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5 General information Type Ultralight aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Light Miniature Aircraft Status Plans no longer available, kits still available Number built more than 35 (2007) History Introduction date 1991 First flight 1991

The **Light Miniature Aircraft LM-5** series is a family of [American](/source/United_States) high-wing, [conventional landing gear](/source/Conventional_landing_gear), [strut-braced](/source/Strut), single-engine [ultralight aircraft](/source/Ultralight_aircraft) that are intended to resemble the [Piper PA-18 Super Cub](/source/Piper_PA-18_Super_Cub). The designs are all available as plans from [Light Miniature Aircraft](/source/Light_Miniature_Aircraft) of [Okeechobee, Florida](/source/Okeechobee%2C_Florida) for [amateur construction](/source/Homebuilt_aircraft).[1][2][3]

The Light Miniature Aircraft company website [domain name](/source/Domain_name) expired on 25 May 2010 and has not been renewed.[4] The company seems to have gone out of business about 2010, but [Wicks Aircraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wicks_Aircraft&action=edit&redlink=1) continues to provide kits for the designs.[5][6]

## Design and development

The LM-5 design is rendered in wood or optionally [aluminum](/source/Aluminum) and covered in doped [aircraft fabric](/source/Aircraft_fabric). The aircraft are sold as plans, with components or complete kits also available to speed construction time.[1][2][3]

Unlike the company's [LM-1 series](/source/Light_Miniature_Aircraft_LM-1) which are scale representations of famous general aviation aircraft, the LM-5 series are the same size as the PA-18 that they resemble.[1][2][3][7]

## Variants

**LM-5X Super Cub**
- Tandem two-seat full-sized replica of a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, powered by a 64 hp (48 kW) [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) or [Volkswagen air-cooled engine](/source/Volkswagen_air-cooled_engine). Built from aluminum and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Empty weight 620 lb (281 kg), gross weight 1,040 lb (472 kg). The LM-5X was first flown in 1991 and was still available in 2010.[1][3]

**LM-5X-W Super Cub**
- Tandem two-seat full-sized replica of a Piper PA-18 Super Cub, powered by a 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 or Volkswagen air-cooled engine. Built from wood and covered in doped aircraft fabric. Empty weight 775 lb (352 kg), gross weight 1,275 lb (578 kg). Still available in 2010.[2][3][7]

## Specifications (LM-5X-W Super Cub)

*Data from* Kitplanes[2]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** one

- **Capacity:** one passenger

- **Length:** 22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)

- **Wingspan:** 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)

- **Wing area:** 180 sq ft (17 m2)

- **Empty weight:** 775 lb (352 kg)

- **Gross weight:** 1,275 lb (578 kg)

- **Fuel capacity:** 12 US gallons (46 litres)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) twin cylinder, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke) aircraft engine, 64 hp (48 kW)

- **Propellers:** 2-bladed wooden propeller

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)

- **Cruise speed:** 80 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn)

- **Stall speed:** 36 mph (58 km/h, 31 kn)

- **Range:** 290 mi (470 km, 250 nmi)

- **Rate of climb:** 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)

## See also

**Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era**

- [Piper PA-18](/source/Piper_PA-18)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec1998_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec1998_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec1998_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec1998_1-3) Downey, Julia: *1999 Kit Aircraft Directory*, Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 55. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec2007_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec2007_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec2007_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec2007_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-KitplanesDec2007_2-4) Downey, Julia: *2008 Kit Aircraft Directory*, Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 60. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Aerocrafter_3-4) Purdy, Don: *AeroCrafter – Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook*, page 197. BAI Communications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9636409-4-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9636409-4-1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LMAwebsite_4-0)** [Network Solutions](/source/Network_Solutions) (May 2010). ["Lightminiatureaircraft.com"](http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/). Retrieved 5 June 2010.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-archive_5-0)** ["Light Miniature Aircraft"](https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/). *Internet Archive Wayback Machine*. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wicks_6-0)** Wicks Aircraft. ["Aircraft Kits"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150317062324/http://aircraftproducts.wicksaircraft.com/category/aircraft-kits). Archived from [the original](http://aircraftproducts.wicksaircraft.com/category/aircraft-kits) on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-LMAPrices_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-LMAPrices_7-1) Light Miniature Aircraft (May 2008). ["Kit Planes, Plans & Manuals"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080531140141/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/Plans_Manuals.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/Plans_Manuals.htm) on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2010.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/) – former location

- [Light Miniature Aircraft](https://web.archive.org/web/20080531135938/http://www.lightminiatureaircraft.com/) on [Archive.org](/source/Archive.org)

- [Photo of an LM-5X-W](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_y93A2MLIpKw/Sz0SSBjV-OI/AAAAAAAAAYM/c9h7Wu8tUZs/s400/IMG_3069.JPG)

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