{{Short description|Czech ultralight aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox aircraft | name = Urban Air Samba | logo = | logo_size = | image = Urban Air Samba XXL N19UA Lakeland FL 23.04.09R.jpg | alt = | caption = Samba XXL of 2008 at Sun n'Fun Lakeland Florida in April 2009 | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Two-seat composite light monoplane | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[Czech Republic]] | manufacturer = [[Urban Air]] SPO<br />[[Distar Air]] | design_group = | designer = Pavel Urban | builder = | issuer = | status = In production | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = circa 80 by 2009 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 1999 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = Urban Air Lambada | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}
The '''Urban Air Samba''' is a [[Czech Republic|Czech]] designed and built light aircraft of the 1990s which incorporates [[composite construction]]. It remained in series production in 2017.<ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 43. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
Production of the [[Urban Air]]'s designs, including the Samba, was taken up by [[Distar Air]] of [[Ústí nad Orlicí]], Czech Republic in about 2010.<ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 41. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>
==Development==
Urban Air SPO designed and built their first model, the two-seat side-by-side [[Urban Air UFM-13 Lambada]], which first flew in 1996. From their original model, they developed the '''UFM-10 Samba''' which was of similar overall design, using all-composite construction. The wings were reduced in span and a conventional tail unit was incorporated in place of the 'T' layout of the Lambada. The earlier tailwheel undercarriage was replaced by a fixed tricycle layout.
The '''Samba XXL''' is a further development, introduced in 2003 for the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] microlight category, with a modified fuselage providing a larger and repositioned cockpit canopy, modified engine cowling and a more streamlined tail unit.<ref name="WDLA15"/><ref>Simpson, 2005, p. 301</ref> <!-- ==Operational history== -->
==Variants== ;Airo 5 :Licensed version produced by [[Airo Aviation]], [[Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone]], [[United Arab Emirates]].<ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="WDLA11"/>
==Specifications (Samba XXL)==
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|crew=1 |capacity=1 passenger |empty weight kg=265 |empty weight lb=584 |gross weight kg=472 |gross weight lb=1,041 |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 912 ULS]] |eng1 kw=60<!-- prop engines --> |eng1 hp=80<!-- prop engines --> |cruise speed mph=137 |stall speed mph=40 |glide ratio= 18:1 |climb rate ftmin=1,400 }}
==References== ;Notes {{reflist}} ;Bibliography {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Rod|title=General Aviation Handbook|year=2005|publisher=Midland Publishing|isbn=1-85780-222-5}} {{refend}}
==External links== {{commons category|Urban Air Samba}} * [http://www.distar.cz/en/letecka-technika/nase-letadla/letoun-samba-xxl/ Official website]
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[[Category:1990s Czech and Czechoslovak civil utility aircraft]] [[Category:Distar Air aircraft]] [[Category:Airo Aviation aircraft]] [[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]] [[Category:Aircraft first flown in 1999]] [[Category:Low-wing aircraft]]