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The KR-1's wings have a two-spar construction; the front spar of spruce, and the rear spar from spruce and plywood. [1] [4] The wing ribs are formed from polyurethane foam, [1] and the space around them filled with the same material before the entire wing structure is covered with fabric impregnated with epoxy resin. [4]
Chris-Craft Commander is the name of a range of cruisers built by Chris-Craft Industries.Originally built of wood, the first fiberglass Commander was built in 1963 and debuted at the 1964 New York Boat Show.
Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Diesel A Thielert Centurion 2.0s powered variant. Carbon Sportsman A variant with the fuselage constructed of carbon fiber rather than fiberglass.The weight savings of carbon fiber are negated by heavier duty cage, wing struts, and wing skins; both variants have the same empty weight, but the carbon variant gross weight is increased by 150 lb. [6]
Symphony SA-160 Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Plane Driven PD-1 Symphony SA-160 Type certified version, produced by Ostmecklenburgische Flugzeugbau (OMF) and later Symphony Aircraft. [2] Glasair Sportsman 2+2 Four seat development with a gross weight of 2,350 lb (1,066 kg) that replaced the original GlaStar in production. [8] Plane Driven PD-1
SC-360 Super Chub. A modified Wag-Aero Sportsman 2+2 with a Lycoming O-360 engine. The Wag-Aero CHUBy CUBy is a high-wing four-seat homebuilt cabin monoplane of tube-and-fabric construction, it is a modern representation of the Piper PA-14 taildragger with elements from other Piper family members.
The Curtiss-Wright CW-14, named variously Travel Air, Sportsman, Speedwing and Osprey is an American 3-seat open cockpit single-bay biplane from the 1930s that was developed by Travel Air as a replacement for the highly successful Travel Air 4000.
The political shift from open sportsman, which were a VSC (Victorian Speedway Commission) sanctioned class, to breaking away to form NOS Sprints under the SCCA, was due to a desire by the controlling group of competitors within Victoria wishing to exclude the competition of the 4.0-litre Ford inline six, which was due to be given full ...
It was then rebuilt with a set of short-span triplane wings modified from those of a Curtiss 18T, with the enclosed cockpit replaced by a more conventional open cockpit. Thus modified, it was entered into the 1921 Pulitzer Trophy Race , where, flown by Clarence Coombs at an average speed of 170.3 mph (274.1 km/h), it gained second place behind ...