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The Bumble Bee II was designed and built by Robert H. Starr in Phoenix, Arizona with the intent of breaking the record for the world's smallest biplane. [1] Before building the Bumble Bee II, Starr had been deeply involved with the development of previous aircraft holding the title of "world's smallest airplane".
The Stits DS-1 Baby Bird is a homebuilt aircraft built to achieve a "world's smallest" status. The Baby Bird is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Smallest Airplane in the World.” as of 1984. The title was later defined as "world's smallest monoplane" to acknowledge Robert H. Starr's Bumble Bee II as the world's smallest biplane. [1]
Robert H. Starr (February 6, 1924 – June 15, 2009) [1] was the designer, builder and pilot of The World's Smallest Piloted Biplane Airplane, the Starr Bumble Bee II. [2] The Guinness Book of Records awarded The Bumble Bee the official world record title in 1985 and with the flight of the Bumble Bee II, the record still stands today 2022.
The Beecraft Wee Bee was an American ultralight monoplane designed and built by Beecraft. [1] It was described as the world's smallest plane. [ 1 ] Later the Starr Bumble Bee II would claim that title.
The aircraft was eventually donated to the National Air and Space Museum for display. [2] Ray Stits was a mechanic and Second World War fighter pilot, but claimed he was not an engineer. He went on to develop several home-built designs, including the Stits SA-3A Playboy, which would be the basis for the VanGrunsven RV-1 and thousands of Van's ...
The DelFly Micro featured in the Guinness book of records 2009 as the smallest airplane in the world equipped with a camera. The DelFly participated in the 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013 editions of the Micro Air Vehicle Competitions and was the first vehicle to demonstrate fully autonomous indoor flight.
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The aircraft uses four brushless electric motors with counter-rotating propellers, which makes the aircraft one of the world's smallest four-engine aircraft. [ 12 ] On September 5, 2010 Electravia accomplished a world record speed of 262 km/h (162.33 mph) for a lithium polymer-powered aircraft using a Cri-Cri with two electric motors (each ...