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The aircraft is made from a mix of steel and aluminum tubing, with some wooden parts and its flying surfaces are covered with doped aircraft fabric. Its 20.17 ft (6.1 m) span wing has a wing area of 142.0 sq ft (13.19 m 2). The cockpit width is 24 in (61 cm).
Cirrus Design VK-30 on ramp at the Baraboo–Wisconsin Dells Airport in Baraboo, Wisconsin, c. 1988. The VK-30 design was conceived in the early 1980s as a kit plane project by three Wisconsin college students: Alan Klapmeier and Jeff Viken from Ripon College, and Alan's brother, Dale Klapmeier, who was attending the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point.
Many of these were prototypes, but designs such as Bernard Pietenpol's first 1923 design were some of the first homebuilt aircraft. In 1928, Henri Mignet published plans for his HM-8 Pou-du-Ciel, as did Pietenpol for his Air Camper. Pietenpol later constructed a factory, and in 1933 began creating and selling partially constructed aircraft kits ...
The aircraft can be fitted with wing tip fuel tanks. [2] [3] [4] Since the purchase of Glasair II and III aircraft by Advanced Aero Components in September 2017, the Glasair II and III airframes have been substantially upgraded and are to be reproduced in all-carbon-fiber construction. The kits have been rebranded as G2 Heritage and G3 Heritage.
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 ...
The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968. It was one of the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form. [1] It remains one of the world's most popular homebuilts with thousands of plans sold and hundreds of examples completed to date. [citation needed]
The Bede BD-10 was Jim Bede's attempt to introduce the world's first kit-built jet-powered general aviation supersonic aircraft. [1] After several years of testing and modifications, the project was taken over by investors in order to produce fully completed civilian and military training aircraft, but these projects were never realized.
The Anderson EA-1 Kingfisher is a US two-seat amphibious aircraft designed and marketed for homebuilding. [1] It was the work of Earl William Anderson, a Pan Am airline captain, who flew the prototype on 24 April 1969. By 1978, 200 sets of kits for the plane had been sold, and 100 Kingfishers were reported to be under construction.