Murphy Aircraft Renegade
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The Murphy Renegade is Darryl Murphy's tandem two-seat ultralight-category biplane kit from British Columbia, an aluminium-tube and fabric aeroplane with a 21 ft upper wing, 375 lb empty and 850 lb gross on a 50 hp Rotax 503, quoted at 65 knots cruise, a 31-knot stall and 700 fpm; the Renegade Spirit is the version with an 80 hp Rotax 912, and 590 of all kinds had been built by 2011.
The Renegade is an open-cockpit biplane for two at ultralight weights, and it should be judged as the ultralight it is: a two-stroke 503 on most, with that engine's care and overhaul life, a fabric covering with a finite life in sun, and 475 lb of useful load that two people and 14 gallons will use up; the Spirit's 912 makes it heavier and far more durable. Kit-built, so tube joints, fabric and the biplane rigging are the inspection and the builder's log the history. It is slow, draughty and great fun, and lands blind over the nose like every biplane. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Murphy remains in business.
Variants of the Murphy Renegade
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 2.4 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 503 (50 hp; Renegade Spirit: Rotax 912 80 hp) |
| Horsepower | 50 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 65 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 245 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 700 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 475 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 850 lb |
| Empty weight | 375 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 63 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 24 |
| Median year built | 1996 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 41.67 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 41.67 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 4.17 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 24 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 24 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 24 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.1 of 103 |
| Support | 2.1 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.2 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 2.4 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30