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The company created new drawings to finally bring the design to market. By 2011 kits were for sale for US$13,000 and two aircraft had been flown. [1] The aircraft's recommended engine power range is 50 to 80 hp (37 to 60 kW) and standard engines used include the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke powerplant. [1]
Stits planned to deliver 100 kits to the German market for homebuilding. [2] Examples have been completed in the United States and in Europe. The SA-5 is a mid-wing, tricycle landing gear design with folding wings. The aircraft was intended to be towed by a vehicle by the (lowered) tail on its main gear with wings folded along its sides.
The wing is equipped with flaps that give it a stall speed of 25 mph (40 km/h). The small wing gives the aircraft a high cruise speed and better resistance to turbulence than a lighter-loaded wing. The one-piece wing is quickly removable for storage or transport. [1] [3] Reported construction time of the kit is 150 hours. [1]
A folding wing is a wing configuration design feature of aircraft to save space and is typical of carrier-based aircraft that operate from the limited deck space of aircraft carriers. The folding allows the aircraft to occupy less space in a confined hangar because the folded wing normally rises over the fuselage decreasing the floor area of ...
The aircraft is a single place, single engine gull-wing design with retractable conventional landing gear. The F4U was the second completed aircraft in the W.A.R. series, with the first example displayed at the EAA airshow in 1975. The aircraft featured folding wings. [3]
The Lancair Barracuda is an American amateur-built aircraft produced by Lancair of Uvalde, Texas. It was introduced at AirVenture in July 2018. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] [2] [3] The design is a development of the Lancair Legacy, employing a one-piece wing with greater span. [2] [4] [5]
The SA-11A is a single engine, side-by-side configuration seating, tricycle gear, strut-braced, low wing monoplane. The fuselage is welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering . [ 2 ] The wings have a quick release mechanism that allows them to fold and lock alongside the fuselage in 15–30 seconds.
Data from Cliche and Kitplanes General characteristics Crew: one Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) Wingspan: 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Wing area: 117 sq ft (10.9 m 2) Empty weight: 253 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 500 lb (227 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 40 hp (30 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 70 ...