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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]
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 ...
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 Kitplanes, Cliche and Purdy General characteristics Crew: one Length: 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) Wingspan: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m) Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Wing area: 143 sq ft (13.3 m 2) Empty weight: 254 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 550 lb (249 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 277 single cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 28 hp (21 kW) Performance Maximum ...
The aircraft replaces the Spyder's two-stroke engine with a Yuneec Power Drive 20 20 kW (27 hp) electric motor and two 28 lb (13 kg) Lithium polymer battery packs which provide a 40-minute endurance. The aircraft is intended to be developed into a commercially available kit and forecast to be available for under US$25,000.
The F11 features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit that is 40 in (102 cm) wide, fixed conventional landing gear, or optionally tricycle landing gear, and a single engine in tractor configuration. [1] The aircraft is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric.
The company estimated that an average builder would take 120 hours to build the aircraft from the assembly kit. [1] The standard engine recommended is the two-stroke 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 and with this engine the standard empty weight is 252 lb (114 kg). [1] The Freebird I's wings can be folded in five minutes by one person and the aircraft ...