Microleve Corsario

{{Short description|Brazilian amphibious ultralight flying boat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Corsario | logo = | logo_size = | image = Microleve Corsario Mk.5 AN1263851.jpg | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight aviation|Ultralight]] [[flying boat]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[Brazil]] | manufacturer = [[Microleve]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1988 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Microleve Corsario''' ({{langx|en|[[French corsairs|Corsair]]}}) is a Brazilian amphibious [[ultralight aviation|ultralight]] [[flying boat]] that was designed and produced by [[Microleve]] of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 65. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 68. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 206. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

The company appears to be out of business and the aircraft no longer available.

==Design and development== The Corsario complies with the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] microlight rules. It features a [[strut-braced]] [[parasol wing]], a two-seats-in-[[side-by-side configuration]] enclosed cockpit, retractable [[conventional landing gear]] and a single engine in [[pusher configuration]]. The landing gear is manually retracted.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/>

The aircraft [[fuselage]] and hull are made from composites. The Mark 5 version of the Corsario offered two alternative wings. An all-composite wing of {{convert|10.3|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span could be ordered with two {{convert|25|L}} fuel tanks fitted behind the seats in the fuselage or an [[aluminum]] tubing and [[aircraft fabric]] wing of similar span was available with two {{convert|35|L}} wing mounted fuel tanks. Standard engines available from the factory were the {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] or {{convert|74|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 618]] [[two-stroke]]s or the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912UL]] [[four-stroke]] powerplant.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="Aerocrafter"/>

==Specifications (Corsario Mark 5, tube and fabric wings) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl & Tacke<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=10.3 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=247 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=525 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity=two {{convert|35|L}} wing mounted fuel tanks, a total of {{convert|70|L}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 912UL]] |eng1 type=four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, [[four stroke]] [[aircraft engine]] |eng1 kw=60 |eng1 hp=

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|max speed kmh=160 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=120 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=48 |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.microleve.com.br/ Microleve website archives] on [[Archive.org]] {{Microleve aircraft}}

[[Category:Microleve aircraft|Carsario]] [[Category:1980s Brazilian ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]] [[Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft]] [[Category:Parasol-wing aircraft]]