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WHING DING BIPLANE ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT PLANS ON CD PLUS EXTRAS
$ 4.22
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Description
Hovey set out to create the lightest aircraft to carry a person ever to fly, with the resulting design being a biplane, with a plywood box filled with Polyurethane foam serving as the fuselage, supporting the pilot's seat. The aircraft features a conventional fabric-covered empennage carried at the end of a short tailboom made of aluminum tube. The horizontal stabilizer is made from reinforced cardboard. Early versions used wing warping for roll control, while later models used full-span ailerons. The specified pusher configuration powerplant is a McCulloch chainsaw engine turning a hand-carved wooden propeller via a chain drive.General characteristics
Crew: one
Length: 14 ft (4.3 m)
Wingspan: 17 ft (5.2 m)
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Wing area: 98 sq ft (9.1 m2)
Empty weight: 122 lb (55 kg)
Gross weight: 300 lb (136 kg)
Fuel capacity: 0.5 U.S. gallons (1.9 L; 0.42 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × McCulloch MAC-101 chain saw engine, 12.5 hp (9.3 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed hand carved wooden propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 50 mph (80 km/h; 43 kn)
Cruise speed: 40 mph (64 km/h; 35 kn)
Stall speed: 26 mph (42 km/h; 23 kn)
Range: 20 mi (17 nmi; 32 km)
Service ceiling: 4,000 ft (1,200 m)
g limits: +3/-3
Rate of climb: 100 ft/min (0.51 m/s)
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You get plans to build the Whing Ding, pictures of the build and different aspects of the airplane.
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