General Aviation Aircraft

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 745. Empty wt. 500. Fuel capacity 10. Wingspan 18’9″. Length 16’2″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 170. Cruise mph 155. Stall mph 53. Climb rate 1,100. Takeoff run 140. Landing roll 120. Range 380. The Taylor Titch has a reputation as a pleasant-tofly aerobatic plane. Stall occurs at a very high angle of […]

STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 2,000. Empty wt. 1,150. Fuel capacity 57-85. PERFORMANCE: Top cruise mph 220. Cruise mph 210. Stall mph 60. Climb rate 1,800-3,000 fpm. Ceiling 24,000′. Range 1,200 sm. From Williston, Florida, this gull-wing homebuilt is a good performer with a snappy 120°-per-second roll rate. With miserly fuel management, the company […]

P96 Golf 100 STANDARD DATA: P96 GOLF Seats 2. Gross wt. 990. Empty wt. 581. Fuel capacity 16. PERFORMANCE: Top cruise mph 130. Cruise mph 100. Stall mph 40. Climb rate 1,000 fpm. Takeoff run 650. Landing roll 700. Luigi Pascale, who designed the Partenavia twin, designed and built both the P92 and P96. The […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 585. Empty wt. 310. Fuel capacity 9. Wingspan 18′. Length 12’11”. Engine 1,600cc Volkswagen. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 140. Cruise mph 110. Stall mph 50. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run 600. Landing roll 800. Range 400. One of the smallest homebuilts around, the Teenie Two is an all-metal single-place monoplane that measures […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 658. Empty wt. 432. Wingspan 23’6″. Length 15’1″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 95. Cruise mph 83. Landing mph 38. Climb rate 450. Ceiling 6,000. Takeoff run 350. Landing roll 400. Range 150. The original Termite, designed by Wilbur Smith, was powered by a 36-hp, Aeronca engine, but since then other engines such […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,500. Empty wt. 900. Fuel capacity 29. Wingspan 20’10”. Length 18′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 200. Cruise mph 175. Stall mph 65. Climb rate 2,000. Takeoff run 300. Landing roll 900. Range 500. The Thorp T-18 is without a doubt one of the most popular homebuilts in existence. This two-place speedster can […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,650. Empty wt. 1,188. Fuel capacity 20. Wingspan 28’3″. Engine 140-hp Corsa. PERFORMANCE: Cruise mph 100. Stall mph 60. Range 300. Powered by a 140-hp Corsa engine, the Tinker Toy was built around a Fly Baby wing and makes use of a pusher prop to keep the cabin quiet. The powerplant […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 952. Empty wt. 628. Fuel capacity 16. Wingspan 22′. Length 19′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 146. Cruise mph 127. Stall mph 47. Climb rate 900 fpm. Takeoff run 855. Landing roll 900. Range 500. The Tourbillion (Whirlwind) is a single-seat, amateur- built, and lightweight low-wing plane that comes from France. It is […]

Pulsar Pulsar 150 STANDARD DATA: Seats 2. Gross wt. 1,200. Empty wt. 680. Fuel capacity 20. Engine 80-hp Limbach L 2000. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 150. Cruise mph 135. Initial climb rate 1,000. Ceiling 14,000. Range 600. Takeoff distance (50′) 1,000. Landing distance (50′) 1,100. The KIS (keep it simple) series of aircraft became a vision […]

Super Cruiser STANDARD DATA: Seats 4. Gross wt. 2,300. Empty wt. 1,200. Fuel capacity 50. Engine 180-hp Lycoming 10-360. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 185. Cruise mph 165. Initial climb rate 1,200. Ceiling 17,000. Range 800. Takeoff distance (50′) 1,200. Landing distance (50′) 1,500. Rich Trickel’s addition to the Tri-R Technologies family, the TR-4 Cruiser, is a […]