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The plans for the Pietenpol Aircamper were originally published in a four-part serial in the "Flying and Glider" Manual of 1932-33. [4] [5] The original model was flown using an Ace four cylinder water-cooled engine. [4] The Model A Ford engine later became the standard powerplant used; the design was first flown with one in May 1929. [1]
The Spacek SD-1 Minisport is a Czech amateur-built aircraft, designed by Igor Špaček and produced by Spacek of Hodonín. The aircraft was also produced for a short time in the United States by SkyCraft Airplanes of Orem, Utah as a light-sport aircraft, but they had gone out of businesses by 2017. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans ...
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83 General characteristics Crew: 1 pilot Capacity: 1 passenger Length: 16 ft 10 in (5.12 m) Wingspan: 26 ft 1 in (7.96 m) Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.40 m) Wing area: 81.99 sq ft (7.617 m 2) Empty weight: 710 lb (322 kg) Max takeoff weight: 1,325 lb (601 kg) Fuel capacity: 52 US Gal (197 L) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235 air-cooled flat-four engine ...
The Boeing Model 247 is an early ... Wingspan: 74 ft 1 in ... Maintenance & service manual for the Boeing Model 247 transport airplane – The Museum of ...
Certified versions of the Pitts are now produced by Aviat Aircraft in Afton, Wyoming.It is available as the S-1 single-seater with an up to 200 hp (150 kW) flat-4 Lycoming engine and a 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) wingspan, or as the S-2 two-seater variant featuring a 260 hp (194 kW) flat-6 Lycoming and a 20 ft (6.1 m) wingspan.
In 1979 the Rutan Aircraft Factory announced they would proceed with certification of a Defiant-based light twin. Adequate financing was not secured for this project, and the design was modified for homebuilt construction as the Model 74 , with the second aircraft (built by Fred Keller) appearing at Oshkosh 1983 . [ 1 ]
Designer George Spratt claimed that the Model 107 could not stall or spin, and that it was 75% less affected by turbulence than a conventional airplane design. [2] With friend Elliot Dalland, Spratt began construction of the prototype (registered N2236) in 1962. [3] During the 1970s, Spratt marketed plans for the Model 107 to homebuilders. [2] [11]
The aircraft was so popular at Oshkosh that Rutan redesigned the aircraft so that it could be sold as a set of plans. [2] A second prototype, the Model 33, N4EZ, built using a larger wing, a Continental O-200 engine, and many other detail changes, was shown at Oshkosh in July 1976 and plans were offered for sale. Approximately 2000 aircraft ...