Monoplane

Primac Moskitto M-10

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First flown in December 1996, options include a closed cockpit, and floats. The wings fold in 8 minutes. The aircraft is stressed to +6 and –3 G.

Engine: Rotax 447, 40 hp
HP range: 27-50
Wing span: 26.3 ft / 8.02 m
Wing area: 117.1 sq.ft / 10.99 sq.m
Length: 15.2 ft
Height: 5.6 ft
MAUW: 497 lb / 240 kg
Empty weight: 219 lb / 98 kg
Fuel capacity: 7.5 USG / 30 lt
Max speed: 73 mph / 110 kph
Cruise speed: 61 mph / 88 kph
Stall: 30 mph / 40 kph
Rate of climb: 1450 fpm / 6.8 m/s
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft
Range: 165 sm
Takeoff dist: 90 ft
Landing dist: 120 ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tailwheel
Fuel consumption: 7.2 lt/hr
Price (1998): US$12,250
Kit price (1998): US$6400

Price PL-2-DM

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In 1962 Paul Price built the Price PL-2-DM, registered N850Z c/n 2,, which appears to be a much larger version of his Price Special. The PL-2-DM is also a single place, open cockpit high-wing monoplane.

PL-2-DM
Engine: 65hp Lycoming O-145 or Continental C-65
Wingspan: 24’0″
Length: 15’6″
Useful load: 225 lb
Max speed: 85 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Range: 90 mi
Seats: 1

Preti PM-280 Tartuca

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The PM-280 artuca (Tortoise) was produced in 1949 by the Instituto di Aeronautica of the Politecnico di Milano in Italy to the designs of Ermenegildo Preti.

A single-seat low-wing monoplane of all-wood construction, the Tartuca is fitted with flaps and a retractable undercarriage. Power is from a 60 hp C.N.A. D4 engine.

From the time that the design was started to the test flight was only ten weeks.

Engine: 60 hp C.N.A. D4
Wingspan: 16 ft 5 in
Wing area: 53.8 sq.ft
Length: 16 ft 6 in
Empty weight: 550 lb
Loaded weight: 770 lb
Max speed: 161 mph
Time to 3280 ft: 5 min 50 sec
Range: 342 mi
Ceiling: 10,827 ft

Prest Baby Pursuit

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Prest Baby Pursuit N17308

The Prest Baby Pursuit of 1929 was a single-place monoplane with a diamond-shaped fuselage cross-section, designed by Clarence Prest. Priced at $2,100, optional engines were the 40hp Szekely SR-3 and 60hp Lawrance.

Seven were built including prototype NX876K, NX955Y, NX2304, NX13741, and NX17308/17309.

One set a world’s lightplane speed record of 101mph on 28 May 1930, using a 40hp Szekely, piloted by Prest.

Prest Baby Pursuit NX876K

Engine: 45hp Anzani
Wingspan: 24’0″
Length: 17’11”
Useful load: 225 lb
Max speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 80 mph
Stall: 40 mph
Range: 250 mi

Preiss RHJ-9

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A development of the Preiss RHJ-8 (itself a T-tailed, larger span, improved version of the RHJ- 7), the RHJ-9 is similar to its predecessors, but with a larger span wing. The wing has foam ribs bonded to the aluminum spar and skins with PVC ribs. It first flew in 1978.

Wing span: 18.29 m / 60 ft
Wing area: 14.38 sq.m / 154.8 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 304 kg / 668 lb
Payload: 196 kg / 432 lb
Gross Weight: 500 kg / 1100 lb
Wing Load: 34.77 kg/sq.m / 6.94 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 38
MinSink: 0.70 m/s / 2.3 fps / 1.36 kt
Aspect ratio: 26.6
Airfoil: Wortmann 63-3-318
Seats: 2

Preiss RHJ-7

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In 1966 Henry Preiss converted an all metal Schreder HP-14 into a 2-place ship with side-by-side seating (two sets of rudder pedals and a center control stick with a bar that swings from one side to the other) and a fixed landing wheel. The design used standard HP-14 wings with a 2-ft center section added in the fuselage.

Wing span: 17.22 m / 56.5 ft
Wing area: 13 sq.m / 140 sq.ft
Empty Weight: 233 kg / 492 lb
Payload: 181 kg / 400 lb
Gross Weight: 404 kg / 892 lb
Wing Load: 31.08 kg/sq.m / 6.4 lb/sq.ft
L/DMax: 38 105 kph / 56 kt / 65 mph
MinSink: 0.61 m/s / 2.0 fps / 1.18 kt
Airfoil: Wortmann FX 61-163 mod.
Aspect ratio: 21.6
Seats: 2
No. Built: 1