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Aircraft must have a minimum wing area of 66 square feet (6.1 m 2), and an empty weight of 500 pounds or more. The aircraft must also have fixed landing gear, and a fixed pitch propeller. Racers compete in a 3.19-mile (5.13 km) Oval course. [3] Several aircraft were capable of meeting the specifications for Formula One at its creation.
The F1 Rocket is a tandem two-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane built mainly in aluminum. [1] The Rocket has a titanium fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. . Designed to be built with a range of nose-mounted engines between 235 and 350 hp (175 and 224 kW) the prototype has a Lycoming IO-540 with a three-bladed propelle
The Williams W-17 Stinger is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed for Formula One Air Racing by Art Williams and produced by his company, Williams Aircraft Design of Northridge, California, introduced in 1971. The aircraft was at one time available in the form of plans for amateur construction, but only one was ever constructed.
The Cassutt Special is a single-seat sport and racing aircraft designed in the United States in 1951 for Formula One air races. Designed by ex-TWA captain Tom Cassutt, it is a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. The fuselage and tail are of fabric-covered steel tube construction, and the wings are built from ...
The Condor K-10 Shoestring (originally known as the Ast Special and the Mercury Air Shoestring) was a Formula One Air Racing aircraft built by Carl and Vincent Ast to compete in the Cleveland National Air Races in 1949. It was a highly streamlined mid-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
The Sonerai II was designed to be soloed from the rear seat. The aircraft is built around a fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and tail, [1] with all-aluminum wings [1] and a fiberglass cowl. The plans cost $50 and $57 in 1974. [9] Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company held the rights to the Sonerai series of aircraft until 2015.
The Air Race E World Cup (also known as Air Race E) is a planned air racing championship run to Formula One rules and adapted for purely electric aircraft.Entrants will design and build electric aircraft to take part in races, flying in groups of 8 around a 5 km oval course marked by 'pylons' at speeds in excess of 250 mph. [1] The series is backed by Airbus, who signed on as founding partner ...
The aircraft's recommended engine power range is 65 to 140 hp (48 to 104 kW) and engines that have been used include the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200, the 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A-65, the 100 to 116 hp (75 to 87 kW) Lycoming O-235, the 125 to 140 hp (93 to 104 kW) Lycoming O-290, the 65 to 113 hp (48 to 84 kW) Franklin 4AC, 65 to 85 hp ...