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The aircraft's installed power range is 52 to 100 hp (39 to 75 kW) and the standard engine is the 52 hp (39 kW) Rotax 503, although the 70 hp (52 kW) 2si 690 and 73 hp (54 kW) Subaru EA-81 engines have also been used. [1] [2] [3] The RW11 is only offered as plans and the designer estimates it will take 500 hours to complete the aircraft.
Mann's first aircraft design was marketed in 1991 and his range of products include 14 different fixed-wing aircraft designs. In the 1990s the company provided complete aircraft kits (less engines), but since the company closed in January 2000 this has been reduced to providing plans only and builder support.
The Red Wing (or Aerodrome #1) was an early aircraft designed by Thomas Selfridge and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. It was named for the bright red color of its silk wings — chosen to achieve the best result with the photographic materials and techniques of the day.
Data from Kitplanes, Purdy and RagWing General characteristics Crew: one Length: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) Wingspan: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m) Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m 2) Empty weight: 278 lb (126 kg) Gross weight: 550 lb (249 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Kawasaki 440A twin cylinder two stroke aircraft engine, 38 hp (28 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed ...
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In 1930 the Robinson Redwing aircraft were built at the Robinson Aircraft company based in Croydon. In 1931, the company was reconstituted & became known as the Redwing Aircraft Co Ltd. In 1932, the designer & founder of the company John Kenworthy was appointed to the board and Redwing Aircraft Co moved the whole fleet of 12 aircraft to Gatwick ...
The Commonwealth Skyranger, first produced as the Rearwin Skyranger, was the last design of Rearwin Aircraft before the company was purchased by a new owner and renamed Commonwealth Aircraft. [1] It was a side-by-side, two-seat, high-wing taildragger .
Red Wing was destroyed in a crash on its second flight on March 17, 1908, and only the engine could be salvaged. On May 19, 1908, Selfridge became the first US military officer to pilot a modern aircraft, when he flew solo in AEA's newest craft, White Wing, traveling 100 feet (30 m) on his first attempt and 200 feet (61 m) on his second. [6]