SGP M-222 Flamingo

These were conventionally mounted ahead of the leading edge in long cowlings with their propeller shafts, driving two-blade airscrews, centred above the wing upper surface.

The flaps were of the camber changing type, to increase lift at low speed; they were split into three sections on each wing and slid rearwards and downwards on concealed rails.

[1] The Flamingo's fuselage had a welded steel tube structure, skinned forward with light alloy and aft with laminated plastic.

[4] The fourth aircraft, now renamed the Simmering-Graz-Pauker SGP.222 was intended as a production prototype and demonstrator and appeared at the 1964 Hamburg show, though it turned out to be the last of the line.

The ailerons were mass balanced and fitted with ground adjustable trim tabs, and the upper hinge gaps sealed with fabric.

[2] One independent report of this fourth aircraft's handling found it well behaved, stable but responsive with a docile stall and brisk climb.