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{{Short description|Canadian homebuilt light aircraft}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
 | name= Moose
 | image= File:murphy moose.jpg
 | caption=A radial-equipped Murphy Moose
 | type=[[Homebuilt aircraft|Kit aircraft]]
 | national_origin=[[Canada]]
 | manufacturer=[[Murphy Aircraft]]
 | designer=
 | first_flight=
 | introduction=
 | retired=
 | status=In production (2015)
 | primary_user=
 | more_users= <!--Limited to three in total; separate using <br /> -->
 | produced= <!--years in production-->
 | number_built=120 (2011)
 | developed_from= [[Murphy SR2500 Super Rebel]]
 | variants=
}}
[[File:MurphyMooseUnderConstruction.JPG|thumb|right|Inside of the tailcone of a Murphy Moose under construction, showing the [[semi-monocoque]] design]]

The '''Murphy Moose''' is a Canadian [[high-wing]] utility [[light aircraft]] produced in [[Homebuilt aircraft|kit form]] by [[Murphy Aircraft]] of [[Chilliwack, British Columbia]] for amateur construction. The Moose can be purchased as a "quick-build" kit which comes partly pre-assembled.<ref name="KitplanesDec2011">Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 62. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851</ref><ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 112. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 118. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref>

Builders can choose whether to equip their aircraft with the 269&nbsp;kW (360&nbsp;hp) Russian-built [[Vedeneyev M14P]] nine-cylinder radial or the horizontally opposed 187&nbsp;kW (250&nbsp;hp) [[Lycoming O-540]].<ref name="KitplanesDec2011" /> Both engines allow the Moose to take off in roughly 180&nbsp;m (600&nbsp;ft). {{cnspan|Several|date=June 2025}} Moose are equipped with a [[Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6|Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-20]] [[turboprop engine]],<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=24GR|title = N-Number Inquiry Results - N24GR|accessdate = 13 October 2012|last = Federal Aviation Administration|author-link = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 13 October 2012}}</ref> {{cnspan|others|date=June 2025}} have installed a {{convert|460|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[LS based GM small-block engine|General Motors LS3]] V-8 engine.<ref name="Scott07Apr20">{{cite web|url = https://www.avweb.com/features/meet-the-bull-moose/|title = Meet the Bull Moose|access-date = 8 April 2020|last = Scott|first = Ken|work =AVweb |date = 7 April 2020|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200408175104/https://www.avweb.com/features/meet-the-bull-moose/|archivedate = 8 April 2020}}</ref>

==Specifications (Moose M-14P- tailwheel undercarriage)==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004<ref name="JAWA03 p66">Jackson 2003, p. 66.</ref>
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Vedeneyev M14P]] 
|eng1 type=9-cylinder [[radial engine]]
|eng1 kw=<!-- prop engines -->
|eng1 hp=355<!-- prop engines -->

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|max speed kmh=282
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|cruise speed kmh=249<!-- if max speed unknown -->
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|cruise speed kts=
|cruise speed note=(70% power)
|stall speed kmh=81
|stall speed note=(flaps down)
|never exceed speed kmh=304
|range km=965
|range miles=
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|range note=(standard fuel)
|ceiling m=4575
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|climb rate ftmin=1500
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==See also==
{{Portal|Aviation|Canada}}
{{aircontent
|related=
* [[Murphy SR2500 Super Rebel]]
* [[Murphy Yukon]]
|similar aircraft=
* [[Bearhawk 5]]
* [[Cessna 206]]
* [[De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver]]
* [[Max Holste Broussard]]
|lists=
|see also=
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Jackson, Paul. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004''. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7106-2537-5}}.

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.murphyair.com}}

{{Murphy Aircraft}}
{{Uncertified aircraft developed in Canada}}

[[Category:2000s Canadian civil utility aircraft]]
[[Category:Homebuilt aircraft]]
[[Category:High-wing aircraft]]
[[Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft]]
[[Category:Murphy aircraft|Moose]]
[[Category:Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear]]
[[Category:Single-engined piston aircraft]]