The Ward P.45 Gnome was designed and built by M. Ward at Scarle, Lincs, as the smallest aircraft in Britain.
All-wood construction, it was powered by a Douglas motor cycle engine conversion. First flown on 4 August 1967 at Wigsley, piloted by R.A.Fixter. Sold to R.A.Fixter in 1968, it was registered G-AXEI about 1968.
It later went on display at the Lincs Aviation Museum, Tattershall.
Engine: Douglas
Wingspan: 15 ft 9 in
Length: 11 ft 6 in
The scale Zero is built around a plywood box core and covered with styrofoam and fiberglass. Plans have been produced for this and two other ½-scale World War II replicas by War Aircraft Replicas. All use the same common wooden fuselage box and wing spar construction in order to duplicate the various fighter aircraft. Polyurethane foam is shaped and covered with high-strength fiberglass cloth and laminating epoxy resin to form a rigid, yet light structure. Landing gears are of air/oil oleo type, with either electrical or manual retract and have a built-in emergency release. Engines vary from 65 hp to 125 hp, which accounts for variations in perform¬ance. Authentic three and four bladed props are available.
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
Engine: Continental O-200-A, 100hp
Wing span: 21’0″
Length: 16’6″
Wing twist 2 degree
Seats: 1
Undercarriage: retractable
Plans 2005: US$295
The scale Hawker Sea Fury is built around a plywood box core and covered with styrofoam and fiberglass. Plans have been produced for this and two other ½-scale World War II replicas by War Aircraft Replicas. All use the same common wooden fuselage box and wing spar construction in order to duplicate the various fighter aircraft. Polyurethane foam is shaped and covered with high-strength fiberglass cloth and laminating epoxy resin to form a rigid, yet light structure. Landing gears are of air/oil oleo type, with either electrical or manual retract and have a built-in emergency release. Engines vary from 65 hp to 125 hp, which accounts for variations in perform¬ance. Authentic three and four bladed props are available.
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
Wing twist 2 degree
The first, G-BLTG, flew on 24 February 1986.
Engine: Continental O-200, Lycoming 0-290-D, HCI 7 cylinder Radial
Prop: 60″dia 3 or 4 blade ground adjustable
Wingspan: 20’0″
Length: 16’0″
Footprint: 7’0″
Empty Weight: 600-620 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 900-920 lbs
Fuel capaci¬ty 15 USG
Wing Loading: 12lbs/sq ft
Cruise condition: 135 MPH @3.2 GPH
Wide Open speed: 165 MPH
Stall Speed: 55 MPH
Approach & Pattern Speed: 70-75 MPH
Take off Run: 800-1000 ft
Landing roll 1200 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 ft/min.
Endurance: 3-4 Hrs: 400 miles
Structural capability: Aerobatic (+/- 6 g’s)
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
The company fell into financial difficulties in the late 1980s following the death of its president, Peter Nieber, in the prototype P-51.
Plans 2005: US$275
Engine: Continental O-200, Lycoming 0-290-D, HCI 7 cylinder Radial
Prop: 60″dia 3 or 4 blade ground adjustable
Wingspan: 20’0″
Length: 16’0″
Footprint: 7’0″
Empty Weight: 600-620 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 900-920 lbs
Wing Loading: 12lbs/sq ft
Cruise condition: 135 MPH @3.2 GPH
Max level speed: 165 MPH
Stall Speed: 55 MPH
Approach & Pattern Speed: 70-75 MPH
Take off Run: 800-1000 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 ft/min.
Endurance: 3-4 Hrs: 400 miles
Structural Capability Aerobatic (+/- 6 g’s)
Engine: Honda, 100-120hp
Wing span: 20’0″
Length: 17’0″
Undercarriage: retractable
The scale P-47 is built around a plywood box core and covered with styrofoam and fiberglass. Plans have been produced for this and two other ½-scale World War II replicas by War Aircraft Replicas. All use the same common wooden fuselage box and wing spar construction in order to duplicate the various fighter aircraft. Polyurethane foam is shaped and covered with high-strength fiberglass cloth and laminating epoxy resin to form a rigid, yet light structure. Landing gears are of air/oil oleo type, with either electrical or manual retract and have a built-in emergency release. Engines vary from 65 hp to 125 hp, which accounts for variations in perform¬ance. Authentic three and four bladed props are available.
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
Wing twist 2 degree
Wing section root: 23015 54 in
Wing section mid: 23014 50 in
Wing section tip: 23012 30 in
Engine: Continental 0-200, Lycoming 0-290-D, HCI 7 cylinder Radial
Prop: 60″dia 3 or 4 blade ground adjustable
Wingspan: 20’0″
Length: 16’0″
Footprint: 7’0″
Empty Weight: 600-620 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 900-920 lbs
Fuel capaci¬ty 15 USG
Wing Loading: 12lbs/sq ft
Cruise condition: 135 MPH @3.2 GPH
Wide Open speed: 165 MPH
Stall Speed: 55 MPH
Approach & Pattern Speed: 70-75 MPH
Take off Run: 800-1000 ft
Landing roll 1200 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 ft/min.
Endurance: 3-4 Hrs: 400 miles
Structural capability: Aerobatic (+/- 6 g’s)
The half-scale Corsair is built around a plywood box core and covered with styrofoam and fiberglass. Plans have been produced for this and two other ½-scale World War II replicas by War Aircraft Replicas. All use the same common wooden fuselage box and wing spar construction in order to duplicate the various fighter aircraft. Polyurethane foam is shaped and covered with high-strength fiberglass cloth and laminating epoxy resin to form a rigid, yet light structure. Landing gears are of air/oil oleo type, with either electrical or manual retract and have a built-in emergency release. Engines vary from 65 hp to 125 hp, which accounts for variations in performance. Authentic three and four bladed props are available.
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
Wing twist 2 degree
Engine: Continental O-200, Lycoming 0-290-D, HCI 7 cylinder Radial
Prop: 60″dia 3 or 4 blade ground adjustable
Wingspan: 20’0″
Wing area: 70 sq.ft
Length: 16 ft
Tread: 7 ft
Empty Weight: 600-620 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 900-920 lbs
Fuel capaci¬ty 15 USG
Wing Loading: 12lbs/sq ft
Cruise: 135 MPH @3.2 GPH
Max level speed: 165 MPH
Stall Speed: 55 MPH
Approach & Pattern Speed: 70-75 MPH
Take off Run: 800-1000 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 ft/min.
Endurance: 3-4 Hrs: 400 miles
Structural capability Aerobatic ( +/- 6 g’s)
Landing roll 1200 ft
Seats: 1
Cockpit width: 24 in
LSA: yes
Engine: Continental O-200, 100 hp
Wing span: 6.1 m
MAUW: 544 kg
Empty weight: 417 kg
Fuel capacity: 53 lt
Max speed: 273 kph
Cruise speed: 217 kph
Minimum speed: 88 kph
Climb rate: 7 m/s
Seats: 1
Plan price (1998): $245
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Wing span: 20’0″
Length: 16’0″
Useful load: 279 lb
Max speed: 170 mph
Cruise speed: 140 mph
Stall: 90 mph
Range: 400 mi
Construction is by War Aircraft Replicas, whose aim is to build scaled down versions of fighters for use as sport aircraft, instead of aerobatic sport aircraft which look like fighters.
WAR Aircraft Replicas is a company formed to market kits and plans for 1/2-scale World War II aircraft replicas. The Focke-Wulf 190 was singled out to be the first prototype, and development started in 1973. The first flight was made on 21 August 1974 with a 70hp VW engine. Other versions to be certified are the F4U Corsair and the P-47 Thunderbolt. All use the same common wooden fuselage box and wing spar construction. In order to duplicate the various fighter aircraft, polyurethane foam is shaped and covered with high-strength laminating fabric and epoxy resin to form a rigid, yet lightweight structure. Landing gear are electrically-retractable tailwheel type with an emergency system. Power is supplied by a 0-200 Continental turning a three-blade, fixed-pitch prop.
Plans 2005: US$245
Features fully retractable landing gear, sliding canopy, and detachable wings.
Engine: Continental O-200, Lycoming 0-290-D, HCI 7 cylinder Radial
Prop: 60″dia 3 or 4 blade ground adjustable
Wingspan: 20’0″
Wing area: 70 sq.ft
Wing section root: 23015 54 in
Wing section mid: 23014 46 in
Wing section tip: 23012 31 in
2 degree twist
Length: 16’7″
Tread: 6 ft 8 in
Empty Weight: 600-620 lbs
Max Gross Weight: 900-920 lbs
Fuel capacity 15 USG
Wing Loading: 12lbs/sq ft
Cruise: 135 MPH @3.2 GPH
Vne: 195 mph
Max level speed: 165 MPH
Stall Speed: 55 MPH
Approach & Pattern Speed: 70-75 MPH
Take off Run: 800-1000 ft
Rate of Climb: 700 ft/min.
Endurance: 3-4 Hrs: 400 miles
Structural capability Aerobatic (+/- 6 g’s)
Landing roll 1200 ft
Seats: 1
LSA: yes
A 50% scale plans built replica of the Boeing P26 Peashooter. Made of wood, foam and fiberglass, powered by a Cont. O200 or Rotec radial
The Walter Stein Aeroplanbau in Teltow/Berlin built two or three disserent designs, depending on how you count. The first was built by Rumpler in the spring of 1910. It was followed by a distinct reconstruction by Stein himself. The machine retained the Aeolus engine but got a sturdier undercarriage and new Taube-like wings. As with his first design, Stein was struggling to get the machine in the air during Autumn 1910. In 1911 Stein built a second Eindecker, fitted at first with a Rumpler Aeolus engine and later modified with a Gregoire-Gyp-Motor. This was the challenge machine. It was later modified, probably in 1912, with a tailwheel and an additional strut to the lower king-post.
In its original configuration (with nose wheel); the modern looking monoplane devised by Charles Francis Walsh, who had founded the San Diego Aeroplane Manufacturing Company the previous year. The machine, with its massive wing, would probably have flown but was severely handicapped by its underpowered Cameron automobile engine of only 29 hp.
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