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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,100. Empty wt. 830. Fuel capacity 21. Wingspan 24’4″. Length 19′. Engine 180-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 192. Cruise mph 175. Stall mph 54. Climb rate 2,100. Ceiling 22,000. Takeoff run 400. Landing roll 900. Range 375. The Akro was designed to meet the requirements of unlimited aerobatic competition. It is […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,100. Empty wt. 720. Fuel capacity 19. Wingspan 20’8″. Length 18’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 145. Cruise mph 115. Stall mph 45. Climb rate 1,200. Takeoff run 450. Landing roll 550. Range 345. It’s not difficult to mistake the Foo Fighter for a Pfalz, a Spad, or an Albatross, but the plane […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 750. Empty wt. 450. Fuel capacity 6. Wingspan 28’3″. Length 17′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 110. Cruise mph 80. Stall mph 35. Climb rate 600. Takeoff run 300. Landing roll 400. Range 195. The virtue of the Headwind is not high speed or altitude performance but utter simplicity of design and construction […]
STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 2,960. Empty wt. 2,200. Fuel capacity 70. Engine 400-c.i.d. 300- 600-hp liquid-cooled automotive V-8. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 265. Cruise mph 235. Initial climb rate 2,380. Ceiling 23,600. Range 660. Takeoff distance (50′) 1,370. Landing distance (50′) 2,080. The S-51D is the culmination of over 25 years in development. Jim […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,032. Empty wt. 575. Wingspan 26′. Length 18′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 100. Climb rate 1,100 fpm. Stall speed mph 38. Takeoff roll 125′. Wonderfully simple mid-wing two-seat fabric kit. Pre-welded kits sold for $1,100 and plans cost $35 a set. Plans were sold from August 1956 through April 1968. The Flut-R-Bug […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 700. Empty wt. 430. Wingspan 26′. Engine Continental A75. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 130. Climb rate 1,050. Range 400. One of the more popular designs by Ray Stits, the Playboy was designed for backyard builders to construct from easy-to-follow plans or simple-to-do work kits. The Playboy can handle any […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 2,500. Empty wt. 1,650. Fuel capacity 86. Engine 450-shp Allison turbine. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 330. Cruise mph 280. Initial climb rate 4,200. Ceiling 25,000. Range 1,200. Takeoff distance (50′) 600. Landing distance (50′) 1,000. In 1994, Stoddard-Hamilton decided to take the airframe of its Glasair III and strap on 450 slip […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,190. Empty wt. 750. Fuel capacity 25. Wingspan 19′. Length 15’9″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 180. Cruise mph 165. Stall mph 70. Climb rate 3,000. Takeoff run 300. Landing roll 800. Range 360. First introduced in 1973, the SA-700 Acroduster I is a single-seat fully aerobatic biplane suitable for engines in the […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,800. Empty wt. 1,100. Fuel capacity 37. Wingspan 21’5″. Length 18’6″. Engine 200-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 210. Cruise mph 150. Stall mph 55. Climb rate 2,400. Takeoff run (50′) 1,200. Landing run (50) 1,800. Range 450. The Acroduster Too, originally called the Schrack- Stolp Super Starduster Too, is a scaled-down […]
STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,080. Empty wt. 700. Fuel capacity 24. Wingspan 19′. Length 16’6″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 147. Cruise mph 132. Stall mph 50. Climb rate 2,000. Takeoff run 200. Landing roll 300. Range 450. This single-place member of the Stolp family is the younger brother to the two-place Starduster Too. The Starduster is […]
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