Lake Buccaneer

Lake Buccaneer

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Buccaneer

Role	Four-seat light amphibious aircraft
Manufacturer	Lake Aircraft
Designed by	David Thurston
First flight	1950s
Number built	1000+
Developed from	Colonial Skimmer

The Lake Buccaneer is an American four-seat light amphibious aircraft originally developed as the Colonial C-2 Skimmer, itself a development of the two-seat Colonial C-1 Skimmer.

Development

The C-2 Skimmer was developed in the late 1940s as a four-seat variant of the earlier C-1 Skimmer. An amphibian, and a cantilever shoulder-wing monoplane with a single-step all metal hull with retractable tricycle landing gear. Powered by an Avco Lycoming piston engine in pusher configuration and pylon mounted above the hull.

The manufacturing rights were acquired by the Lake Aircraft Corporation in October 1959 and the aircraft was built as the LA-4-200 Buccaneer. A six-seat development with a lengthened hull was named Renegade.

Specifications (LA-4-200 Buccaneer)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. pp. 2279-80.

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 3 passengers
Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
Height: 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Wing area: 170 ft² (15.79 m²)
Empty weight: 1555 lb (705 kg)
Gross weight: 2690 lb (1220 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Avco Lycoming IO-360-B1A piston engine, 200 hp (149 kW)

Performance

Cruise speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
Range: 825 miles (1328 km)
Service ceiling: 14,700 ft (4480 m)

Development

Specifications (LA-4-200 Buccaneer)

See also