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The Laird LC-DW300 and LC-DW500 Super Solution aka "Sky Buzzard" was a racing biplane built in the early 1930s by Matty Laird for the Cleveland Speed Foundation, Laird was already famous in the air racing circuit. It had a large radial engine and an extremely faired windshield.
The Air Camper is a two-place open cockpit monoplane with "parasol" wing built from material that was, in the 1930s, readily available from local sources. Powered by a Ford Model A engine, and first flown with one in May 1929, [ 2 ] Pietenpol's design was sturdy, simple and affordable.
The Sun Fast 3200 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass, with wood trim. The hull is made from a vacuum-infused fiberglass- balsa sandwich, while the deck is a vacuum-infused PVC -fiberglass sandwich.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item ... This list of racing aircraft covers aircraft which have been designed or significantly ...
The aircraft is supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty of Corona, California in the form of plans and a materials kit for amateur construction. [ 1 ] The DR-107 was designed as a low-cost one design aircraft for competition and sport basic to advanced aerobatics, including International Aerobatic Club Class One competitions.
The cockpit is exposed with a plexiglass or Lexan windshield. The controls are conventional 3-axis. [citation needed] When built as a Part 103 ultralight, the aircraft is intended to be powered by a 26 hp (19 kW) Rotax 277, 35 hp (26 kW) Rotax 377, or similar engine.
A simulation cockpit, simpit or sim rig is an environment designed to replicate a vehicle cockpit. Although many pits commonly designed around an aircraft cockpit, the term is equally valid for train, spacecraft or car projects. 'Simpit' is generally used to refer to amateur, home built, setups which are the focus of this article.
The Skybolt has become popular as an amateur-built sporting biplane, with over 400 aircraft having been completed from construction plans sold in over 29 countries. [3] A Skybolt won the Reserve Grand Champion Custom Built for 1979 at the Experimental Aircraft Association airshow in Oshkosh Wisconsin. [ 4 ]