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Speedtwin Developments had taken over the aircraft in 2000 and in 2012 announced the new name of Comet 1. E2E stands for "Engineered to excel". At this time future developments including a retracting undercarriage, armament and turbo-prop engines were planned; the original idea of offering kits for home building had been withdrawn. [1]
Some jet fighters use podded engines, typically under and mounted directly to the wing. An example was the Messerschmitt Me 262, which had the nacelles mounted directly to the undersides of the wings, with no pylons being used. The A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack aircraft uses fuselage-mounted podded
The Temco D-16 is a 1950s twin engine civil aircraft from the United States. It was produced by conversion of a Ryan Navion to replace its single engine with two wing-mounted engines. It is commonly known as the Twin Navion , although that name is also often applied to a later similar conversion, the Camair 480 .
This category is for aircraft having engine(s) above the wing. Pages in category "Engine-over-wing aircraft" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
1958 Baby Ace 1965 Baby Ace Model D 1974 Baby Ace EAA Mechanix Illustrated Baby Ace. The Ace Baby Ace, a single-seat, single-engine, parasol wing, fixed-gear light airplane, was marketed as a homebuilt aircraft when its plans were first offered for sale in 1929 — one of the first homebuilt aircraft plans available in the United States.
The wing has an area of 140 sq ft (13 m 2) and mounts flaps. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is 210 to 310 hp (157 to 231 kW) and standard engines used include the 310 hp (231 kW) Continental IO-550 four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is estimated to be 2000 hours. [1] [4]
The Dragonfly is a two-seater aircraft that features a tandem wing layout with a forward wing mounted low and the other behind the cockpit in a shoulder position, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The cockpit is 43 in (109 cm) wide [3]
Data from Sport Aviation, Plane & Pilot and Purdy General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger in tandem seating Length: 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) Wingspan: 35 ft 3 in (10.74 m) Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Wing area: 178.5 sq ft (16.58 m 2) Airfoil: USA 35B Empty weight: 695 lb (315 kg) Gross weight: 1,400 lb (635 kg) Fuel capacity: 12 US Gallons, 45.42 litres Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O ...