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STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,290. Fuel capacity 10. Wingspan 26’11”. Length 20’6″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 124. Cruise mph 114. Stall mph 35. Climb rate 800. Ceiling 16,000. Takeoff run 500. Landing roll 800. Range 300. This low-wing taildragger of all-wood construction comes from France where homebuilding was flourishing long before the movement took hold in […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 855. Empty wt. 555. Fuel capacity 12. Wingspan 23′. Length 17′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 135. Cruise mph 122. Stall mph 55. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run 550. Landing roll 700. Range 300. The Lark is an enclosed-cockpit mid-wing monoplane. This single-seat taildragger is relatively unusual with its strut-braced mid-wing configuration. The […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,450. Empty wt. 1,060. Fuel capacity 23. Wingspan 24’6″. Length 20′. Engine 200-hp Lycoming. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 185. Cruise mph 135. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 1,800. Ceiling 12,000. Takeoff run 800. Landing roll 1,000. Range 400. World-champion model builder and radio-controlsystem manufacturer Phil Kraft used his know-how to design and […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,350. Empty wt. 925. Fuel capacity 26. Wingspan 24′. Length 19’8″. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 135. Cruise mph 115. Stall mph 48. Climb rate 950. Range 500. The Kittiwake single-seat low-wing monoplane was designed to make full use of all-metal materials and modern construction while retaining a simple design that lends itself […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,118. Empty wt. 638. Fuel capacity 20. Wingspan 20′. Length 20′. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 140. Cruise mph 120. Stall mph 55. Climb rate 1,000. Takeoff run 600. Landing roll 600. Range 440. The Lacey is one of the simplest designs for the homebuilder to construct. In the words of its designer, […]

STANDARD DATA: Gross wt. 1,400. Empty wt. 860. Fuel capacity 24. Wingspan 22’9″. Length 19’6″. Engine 125-hp Continental. PERFORMANCE: Top mph 124. Cruise mph 113. Stall mph 50. Climb rate 900. Range 300. The Laco-25 is a sturdy two-seat biplane that is easy to fly yet very agile. To aid the builder, there are no […]

Plans and kits are available to the homebuilder for the Monarch C ultralight motorglider. Power is supplied by a 12-hp McCulloch engine located behind the pilot’s seat; however, engines up to 20 hp can be used. The high wing makes use of a wooden rear spar with woodand-foam ribs. Fiberglass covers the leading edge, and […]

The Monerai follows the precedents set by its VW-powered sportplane siblings Sonerai I and II by offering simplified construction and economy with high performance. Designed for the first-time builder or the expert, the Monerai can be either a true sailplane for the purist or, with the addition of a podmounted engine, a self-launching sailplane for […]

Vernon Oldershaw’s motorglider features a retractable power plant that can be used for takeoff and climb to soaring altitude. A 31-hp Yamaha snowmobile two stroke flat-twin engine drives a wooden pusher propeller and feeds from a N-gallon fuel supply. The shoulder-type wings are built with a spruce spar, plywood ribs, and plywood skin; the wing […]

The Orlik 2 first flew in 1938, and an improved variation, the Orlik 3 competed in the 1940 Olympic Games. It had airbrakes beneath the wings. The design briefly held a world altitude record in 1948 of 30,000 feet.