Robin DR400/180 Régent
A French wooden four-seater with the trademark cranked "Jodel" wing and a sliding canopy. Short-field friendly and loved by European clubs as a glider tug and tourer.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 130 kt
- Never-exceed speed (VNE)
- 166 kt
- Range
- 690 nm
Fuel
- Fuel type
- AVGAS 100LL
- Usable fuel
- 180 l
- Total capacity
- 190 l
- Fuselage tank
- 110 l
- Wing tanks
- 2 × 40 l
- Fuel burn (cruise)
- 38 l/h
- Endurance
- 4 h 45 min
- Usable fuel weighs
- 130 kg
Fuel burn at 75% power. Endurance is usable fuel divided by the burn, with no reserve.
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Asphalt · Concrete · Grass
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 3
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 2
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,100 kg
- Empty weight
- 610 kg
Licence and training
- Licences that cover it
- LAPL(A) · PPL(A)
- Class rating
- SEP (land)
- Extra training or endorsements
- None beyond the licence and rating.
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
- Approvals
- Night VFR
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Robin
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- ICAO type designator
- DR40
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1972
Scale drawing
- Length
- 6.96 m
- Wingspan
- 8.72 m
- Height
- 2.23 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.1 m
- Propeller diameter
- 1.83 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Robin DR400/180 RégentLength 6.96 m
- Piper PA-28-161 Warrior IIILength 7.25 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Speeds
- VFEMax flaps extendedHighest speed with flaps down. Top of the white arc.
- 92 kt
- VNENever exceedNever fly faster than this. Red line.
- 166 kt
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Robin DR400/180 Régent in the simulator
Practise your radio calls with this aircraft type in the AI ATC simulator.
