An original design of O.N. Lloyd, a 47 yr old construction engineer of Mesa, Arizona, USA, the two-seat Liberty Sport A, registered N185L, has wing with spruce spars and metal ribs. The fuselage and tail surfaces are 4130 tubing, and Ceconite covering is used throughout. Ailerons are fitted to the top wing only.
Cost of construction was about $4000 over four years.
Engine: Lycoming O-320, 150 hp Wingspan: 28 ft / 8.53 m Length: 22 ft 4 in / 8.81 m Height: 8 ft / 2.44 m Wing chord: 4 ft / 1.22 m Empty weight: 1325 lb / 601 kg MAUW: 2000 lb / 907 kg Max speed: 120 mph / 193 kph Cruise: 105 mph / 169 kph Landing speed: 50 mph / 80 kph ROC: 900 fpm / 4.58 m/sec TO to 50 ft / 15.2m: 1000 ft / 304 m Service ceiling: 15,000 ft / 4572 m Range: 375 mi / 604 km
Jerzy Jankowski, Maximilian von Lerche and Francesco Mosca built at workshops of Moscov Aeronautical Society and airplane modeled after Bleriot aircraft with 50hp Gnome engine. It was apparently very well designed and built aircraft that made numerous succesful flights, including one on 14th of May 1912 when Jankowski broke on it Russian flight altitude record of 1775m;
The first Swiss airplane to leave the ground, a tandem-wing monoplane designed by the Estonian-born inventor Alexandre Liwentaal of Vernier, near Geneva, Switzerland. It was tested in September 1909, but it was underpowered and only managed jumps of 25 meters.
The Liverpool University MPAG bought the remains of Hatfield’s Puffin II in September 1969 and set about a redesign using the main wing structure and thr propellor from the Hatfield project.
The basic layout is a high wing aircraft with a pod-and-boom format fuselage. The wing is of metal structure with expanded polystyrene used to form the leading and trailing edge ribs and cross-pieces. Covering is of ‘Mellinex’. The wing is cranked upwards about mid-span. A conventional tail (tailplane and elevators, fin and rudder) is mounted on the end of a boom projecting from the lower half of the rear fuselage. The pilot is located in the extreme nose, in a totally enclosed canopy. A pusher propellor is mounted aft of the wing, above the boom. Single wheel undercarriage.
First flight was made at RAF Woodvale on 18 March 1972. It then went to Dulles Airport, Washington, USA, where it was exhibited at ‘Transpo 72’.
It is not thought to have flown much since its return, if at all,
The Whisky IV is a tandem two seat, low wing aircraft designed by Giuseppe Vidor. Construction materials are wood & fabric. The landing gear is a fixed tailwheel configuration. 2009 Complete set of plans $400 (US$)
Engine: Limbach 2000, 80 hp HP range: 75-100 Wing Span: 26.25 ft. Wing Area: 120.5 sq. ft. Length: 21 ft. Height: 7 ft. Cockpit Width: 28.3 in. Aspect Ratio: 5.7 Dihedral Angle: 4° Wash Out: 1.50° Empty Weight: 622 lbs. Gross Weight: 1058 lbs. Wing Loading: 8.78 lbs./sq. ft. Power Loading: 13.22 lbs./HP C.G. Travel: 18.3 to 31% MAC Fuel Capacity: 13.2 gal. / 79 lbs. V.N.E: 175 mph. Max Horizontal Speed: 160 mph. Cruise 75% Power: 130 mph. Max Maneuvering Speed: 115 mph. Max Flap Speed: 84 mph. Stall Speed Flaps Down: 37 mph. Stall Speed Flaps Up: 43 mph. Take-Off Distance: (Solo) 330 ft. Landing Distance: (Solo) 490 ft. Fuel Burn 75% Power: 3.17 gal./hr. Max Range 75% Power: 535 nm Rate Of Climb: 785 ft./min. Service ceiling: 12,000 ft Seats: 2 tandem Landing gear: retractable tailwheel
The Champion V is a side by side two seat, low wing aircraft designed by Giuseppe Vidor. Construction materials are wood & fabric. And the landing gear can be built in fixed trigear or retractable trigear configurations.
Asso V Champion I-7490
2009 Complete set of plans $400 (US$)
The Asso V Champion was built by Alpi Aviation with composite skin panels as the Pioneer 300.
Undercarriage: Fixed Engine: Limbach 2000, 80 hp Wing Span 27.3 ft. Wing Area 120 sq. ft. Length 20 ft. Gross Weight 993 lbs. Fuel 78 lbs. G Loads (Ultimate) +5.7, -2.67 Horsepower Range 75 to 100 Empty Weight: 595 to 604 lbs. Max Speed: 130 mph. Cruise 75% Power: 107 mph. Cruise 90% Power: 115 mph. Stall Speed: 40 mph. V.N.E: 160 mph. R.O.C: 800 ft./min. Take-Off Distance: 425 ft. Landing Distance: 330 ft. Range: 425 miles Maneuvering Speed: 95 miles Max Speed With Flaps: 70 mph.
Undercarriage: Retractable Engine: Limbach 2000, 80 hp Wing Span 27.3 ft. Wing span: 27.3 ft Wing Area 120 sq. ft. Length: 20 ft. Height: 7 ft Gross Weight 1058 lbs. Fuel 13 USG / 78 lbs. G Loads (Ultimate) +5.7, -2.67 Horsepower Range 75 to 100 Empty Weight 617 lbs. Max Speed: 140 mph Cruise 75% Power: 103 kt / 118 mph / 190 kmh Cruise 90% Power: 127 mph. Stall Speed: 34 kt / 39 mph / 63 kmh V.N.E: 139 kt / 160 mph / 258 kmh R.O.C: 800 ft/min / 4 m/s Take-Off Distance: 425 ft. Landing Distance: 330 ft. Range: 425 miles Maneuvering Speed: 105 miles Max Speed With Flaps: 70 mph. Service ceiling: 12,000 ft Seats: 2 2009 Price: 66000 EURO
Vidor Guiseppe Asso V Engine: Rotax 912, 80 hp Wing span: 8.3 m Wing area: 11 sq.m MAUW: 450 kg Empty weight: 275 kg Fuel capacity: 55 lt Max speed: 245 kph Cruise speed: 225 kph Minimum speed: 62 kph Climb rate: 4.5 m/s Seats: 2 Fuel consumption: 13 lt/hr Plan price (1998): 800 000 L Kit price (1998): 12 172 000 L
