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The Pitts Model 12 (also known by its nicknames "Bolshoi," "Macho Stinker," and "Pitts Monster"[1]) is a high-performance [2]) aerobatic biplane designed around the Vedeneyev M14P/PF Russian engine. The aircraft can be built from plans or as a kit plane , or bought ready-to-fly from the factory.
The prototype S-2, which was the first two-seat Pitts, was "Big Stinker", the prototype Model 11 (later called S-1-11B) was "Super Stinker", and the prototype Model 12 was the "Macho Stinker". [5] [6] In 1962 Curtis Pitts set up Pitts Enterprises to sell plans of the S-1C to homebuilders. [7]
The M14P is also used in some experimental aircraft and kit designs such as the Murphy Moose, Radial Rocket, Pitts Model 12, and others. The M14PF is a 400 hp (298 kW) version of the M14P. Design and development
Pitts Special (Homebuilt - 1944) Pitts Model 12 (Homebuilt - 1996) Pitts S-2 in low level sideways flight. Rans S-9 Chaos (Homebuilt - 1986) Rans S-10 Sakota (Homebuilt - 1988) Rans S-16 Shekari (Homebuilt - 1994) Reflex Lightning Bug (Homebuilt - 1990s) Rihn DR-107 One Design (homebuilt - 1993) Rihn DR-109 (homebuilt - 1990s) Rose Parakeet ...
Pitts was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991, [25] and the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) Foundation Hall of Fame in 2002. [2] "Ma Pitts", Willie Mae, passed away in 1998. The last aircraft Curtis designed was the Pitts Model 14, a large biplane similar in size to the Model 12, but no example was built during his ...
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Pitts Model 12; Pitts Samson; S. Pitts Special This page was last edited on 4 April 2013, at 03:52 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The aircraft started out as a replacement set of wings for the Pitts Special and eventually a new fuselage was designed to go with the wing set. The resulting aircraft features a strut-braced biplane layout, with cabane struts, interplane struts and flying wires, a single-seat, enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in ...