Maule M-7



The Maule M-7 is a family of single-engine light aircraft that has been manufactured in the United States since the mid-1980s.

Design and development
Based on the Maule M-4, it is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional configuration, available with tailwheel or optional tricycle wheeled undercarriage and frequently used as a floatplane with twin floats. The basic M-7 has a longer cabin than its predecessors the M-5 & M-6, with two seats in front, a bench seat for up to three passengers behind them, and (like the M-6) an optional third row of "kiddie seats" at the rear. Extra cabin windows can be fitted if the "kiddie seats" are to be used. The MX-7 uses the same fuselage as the M-6,which is a modified M-5 fuselage but the same wing span as the M-5, and incorporates the increased fuel tankage, Hoerner-style wingtips and five-position flaps designed for the M-7.

The M-7 family has been produced both with piston and turboprop engines.

M-7 series

 * M-7-235 Super Rocket
 * Similar to M-6-235 with lengthened cabin. Tailwheel undercarriage and Lycoming O-540 engine


 * M-7-235B Super Rocket
 * Same as M7-235 including Oleo-Strut main landing gear.


 * M-7-235C Orion
 * Same as M7-235B but with sprung aluminum main landing gear and Lycoming IO-540 engine.


 * M-7-260
 * M-7-260C
 * M-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop
 * M-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine


 * MT-7-235 Tri-Gear
 * Super Rocket with tricycle undercarriage


 * MT-7-260

MX-7 series

 * MX-7 Rocket
 * MX-7-160 Sportplane
 * M-6 fuselage with M-5 wings. Lycoming O-320 engine


 * MX-7-180 Star Rocket
 * MX-7 with lengthened cabin. Optional third row of seats with windows. Lycoming O-360 engine


 * MX-7-180A Sportplane and Comet
 * MX-7-180B Star Rocket
 * MX-7-180C Millennium
 * MX-7-250 Starcraft
 * MX-7 with Allison 250 turboprop engine


 * MX-7-420 Starcraft Turboprop
 * MX-7-235 with Allison 250 turboprop engine


 * MXT-7-160 Comet
 * MX-7-160 with tricycle undercarriage


 * MXT-7-180 Star Rocket
 * MX-7-180 with tricycle undercarriage