Peña Dahu


The Peña Dahu, named for the legendary French mountain animal, is a French amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Louis Peña of Dax, Landes and made available in the form of plans for amateur construction.

Design and development

The Dahu is intended for mountain flying, aero-towing gliders and touring. It features a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The Dahu is made from wood. Its span wing has an area of and mounts flaps. The recommended engines range in power from and include the Lycoming O-320, Lycoming O-360 and the fuel-injected Lycoming IO-360 four-stroke powerplants. When equipped with a engine the gross weight is limited to instead of.
Reviewers Roy Beisswenger and Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as "unashamedly rustic".

Specifications (Dahu)