The Helikopter Technik Wagner, formed by Josef Wagner, designed a series of helicopters with coaxial rotors during the 1960s.
The earliest test models were fairly rudimentary machines built to test the concept, and one design was a roadable machine titled the Rotocar. The 2-seater Wagner Rotocar (1960) was developed into the Sky-Trac 4 Aerocar.
Hans Wagener of Hamburg produced his first aircraft, the HW4A, in 1933. Used as test-bed for an experimental two stroke engine.
The Wag-A-Bond can be built in either of two versions — the Classic or the Traveler. The Classic is a replica of the Piper PA-15 Vagabond, and the Traveler is a modified and up¬dated version of the Vagabond with port and starboard doors, overhead skylight window, extended sleeping deck, extended bag¬gage area and provisions for engines up to 115 hp. The wings are strut-braced, high-wing, all-wood structures covered with fabric. The spar and ribs are spruce with mahogany plywood gussets. The ailerons are fabric-covered aluminum. The fuselage is welded steel tube.
The Wag-A-Bond Builder’s kits includes drawings for both options, with many parts preformed and many assemblies pre-welded. The Builder kits feature predrilled spars and precut nose ribs in the wing kit. This same detailing follows through to all of the other kits with items such as the tail group, including elevators, and stabilizers and the rudder and vertical fin finish welded. The landing gear is available completely finished, ready to attach to the fuselage structure.
When Dick Wagner developed his Cuby, Wagabond and 2+2 kits, all were fitted with J-3 rudders. Reason: Dick had purchased all the J-3 inventory left at Piper’s old Ponca City, OK plant, which included a barn full of J-3 elevators, stabilizers, gear legs and rudders.
Engine: Lycoming O-235, 115 hp
Wing span: 8.93 m
Wing area: 13.57 sq.m
MAUW: 658 kg
Empty weight: 329 kg
Fuel capacity: 98 lt
Max speed: 217 kph
Cruise speed: 169 kph
Minimum speed: 88 kph
Climb rate: 3 m/s
Seats: 2
Fuel consumption: 25 lt/hr
Plan price (1998): $65
Classic
Engine from 65 hp to 100 hp
Top speed 105 mph
Cruising speed 95 mph
Stalling speed 45 mph
Rate of climb 625 fpm
Gross Weight 1250 lb
Empty weight 700 lb
Wing Span 29 ft 3.5 in
Wing area 147.5 sq. ft
Length overall 18 ft 8.5 in
Height overall 6.0 ft
Baggage capacity 40 lb
Fuel capacity 12 Usgal
Seats: 2
LSA: yes
Traveler
Engine Lycoming 108 hp
Top speed 122 mph
Cruising speed 115 mph
Stalling speed 45 mph
Rate of climb 850 fpm
Gross weight 1450 lb
Empty weight 800 lb
Wing Span 29.3 ft
Wing area 147.5 sq. ft
Length overall 18.7 ft
Height overall 6.0 ft
Baggage capacity 60 lb
Fual capacity 26 USgal
LSA: yes
Traveler
Engine: Lycoming O-235, 115 hp
Speed max: 136 mph
Cruise: 124 mph
Range: 620 sm
ROC: 850 fpm
Take-off dist: 390 ft
Landing dist: 760 ft
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft
Fuel cap: 26 USG
Weight empty: 725 lbs
Gross: 1450 lbs
Height: 6 ft
Length: 18.7 ft
Wing span: 29.3 ft
Wing area: 147.5 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: tail wheel
Cockpit width: 40 in
LSA: yes
Wing span: 35’9″
Length: 23’5″
Useful load: 1120 lb
Max speed: 129 mph
Cruise speed: 124 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 670 mi
Seats: 4
The Sportsman 2 + 2 is a replica of the PA-14 family Cruiser. This is a four-place aircraft designed for the recreational pilot. It has extended wings and such features as extra baggage area and additional fuel. Utilizes large tires for off-airport operation. Accepts engines from 125 to 200 hp
When Dick Wagner developed his Cuby, Wagabond and 2+2 kits, all were fitted with J-3 rudders. Reason: Dick had purchased all the J-3 inventory left at Piper’s old Ponca City, OK plant, which included a barn full of J-3 elevators, stabilizers, gear legs and rudders.
Engine: Lycoming O-320, 150 hp
HP range: 125-200
Height: 6.75 ft
Length: 23.36 ft
Wing span: 35.9 ft
Weight empty: 1080 lb
Gross: 2200 lb
Fuel cap: 39 USG
Speed max: 129 mph
Cruise: 124 mph
Range: 670 sm
ROC: 800 fpm
Take-off dist: 230 ft
Landing dist: 340 ft
Service ceiling: 14,800 ft
Seats: 4
Landing gear: tail wheel
Cockpit width: 39 in
The CUBy is a replica of the Piper J-3 Cub with numerous design improvements – Higher gross with more useful load, increased cruise speed, and utilizing Continental engines from 65 thru 100 hp. It was designed by Dick Wagner, president of Wag-Aero of Lyons, Wisconsin. There is very little difference between the CUBy and the original J-3, except for a crank-operated elevator trim tab instead of the jackscrew adjustment that moved the stabilizer plane. When Dick Wagner developed his Cuby, Wagabond and 2+2 kits, all were fitted with J-3 rudders. Reason: Dick had purchased all the J-3 inventory left at Piper’s old Ponca City, OK plant, which included a barn full of J-3 elevators, stabilizers, gear legs and rudders.
First flown on 12 May 1975.
The CUBy can be made in four different versions: Standard CUBy, Super CUBy (a replica of the PA-18 allowing for larger engine). CUBy Observer (replica of the L-4), and the Acro Trainer (which is a special shortened-wing version for aerobatics).
Later marketed as the Wag-Aero Sport Trainer.
The Quick Build Kit will produce a complete aircraft less the engine, propeller, and finish paint. Fits the Light Sport Aircraft category and will only take a Builder 700-1000 hours to complete with a fully welded fuselage.
Engine: Continental, 85 hp
HP range: 65-150
Length: 22.3 ft
Wing span: 35.2 ft
Weight empty: 720 lb
Gross: 1400 lb
Fuel cap: 12 USG
Speed max: 102 mph
Cruise: 94 mph
Range: 270 sm
ROC: 220 fpm
Take-off dist: 375 ft
Landing dist: 420 ft
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: tail wheel
Sport Trainer
Cruise: 85 mph
Stall: 38 mph
Range: 310 sm
Rate of climb: 450 fpm
Takeoff dist: 375 ft
Landing dist: 420 ft
Engine: Continental C-85, 85 hp
HP range: 68-85
Fuel capacity: 12 USG
Empty weight: 720 lb
Gross weight: 1220 lb
Length: 22.3 ft
Wing span: 35.2 ft
Seats: 2 tandem
Cockpit width: 24 in
Landing gear: tailwheel
LSA: yes
Engine: 150 hp
Wing span: 35’3″
Length: 22’3″
Useful load: 680 lb
Cruise speed: 94 mph
Stall: 39 mph
In 1911, Detroit industrialist and boat tycoon Frederick Elliott Wadsworth built a hydro-aeroplane named the Flying Fish which debuted at the New York Boat Show. The vehicle was designed to skim on top of the water at speeds of up to 65 mph, with the ‘skipper-pilot’ seated in a wicker chair at the rear of its canoe-like hull. The Flying Fish was successfully tested on the ice of Lake St. Clair but no further development occurred.
Stanisław Wacyk and Tadeuz Tyrala designed the high performance sports WT-1 aircraft during 1930 and they largely financed the construction of its fuselage at the Aviation Circle of the Industrial School at Kraków and wings in the workshops of the Kraków Air Regiment. It was completed in the summer of 1931.
The aircraft was an aerodynamically clean cantilever wing monoplane. Its high-mounted, one piece wing was built around two spars, with a plywood covered leading edge and fabric covering. Narrow chord ailerons occupied the whole of the trailing edges.
The WT-1’s borrowed 67–73 kW (90–98 hp) de Havilland Gipsy I four cylinder upright inline engine was mounted largely exposed, though with a fairing behind it. The ply-covered fuselage had rounded decking; the fuel tank was in the forward fuselage and its two seat, side-by-side cockpit was behind the wing trailing edge. The fuselage tapered rearwards, with the tailplane mounted on top. A tall triangular fin carried a rounded rudder, which reached down to the keel. Its fixed landing gear was conventional, though details are not known.
An initial first flight was abandoned due to a fuel supply problem. The system was modified and a new fuel pump fitted, after which Stanisław Szubka piloted its first flight, finding the WT-1 hard to fly because of a misplaced centre of gravity (c.g.), and damaging it on landing. After accident repair and c.g. adjustment the WT-1 was flown by Jerzy Bajan. The take-off run was short and performance high, but Bajan found its handling dangerous. At this point the loaned Gipsy engine had to be returned to the Kraków Air Regiment and the development of the WT-1 was abandoned.
Engine: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy I, 67–73 kW (90–98 hp)
Propeller: 2-bladed Schwartz
Wingspan: 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 10 sq.m (110 sq ft)
Length: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb)
Gross weight: 410 kg (904 lb)
Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn)
Cruise speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn)
Stall speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn) minimum speed
Range: 700 km (435 mi; 378 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Rate of climb: 2.5 m/s (490 ft/min)
Crew: One
Capacity: One passenger
The Waco Aircraft Company Ohio produced the Waco M-F as a kit. The cost was US$79,500.
Engine: Jacobs R755, 275 hp
HP range: 220-340
Length: 22.6 ft
Wing span: 30 ft
Empty weight: 1600 lb
Gross weight: 2500 lb
Fuel capacity: 50 USG
Cruise: 120 mph
Stall: 48 mph
Range: 460 sm
Rate of climb: 1500 fpm
Takeoff dist: 350 ft
Landing dist: 500 ft
Seats: 3
Cockpit width: 26.5 in in
Landing gear: tailwheel
The 1934 model YMF was substantially redesigned with a longer and wider fuselage, larger rudder and other structural changes, and put into production in March 1986 by WACO Classic Aircraft of Lansing, Michigan as the YMF-5.
The YMF-5 new design was roughly based on the YMF, built by WACO Classic Aircraft. Waco Classic Aircraft revealed the YMF-5D model new build which introduced a more powerful Jacobs R755-A2 300 hp (225kW) engine in June 2009. A smaller 275 hp (205 kW) engine was an option. The aircraft is fitted with a new Garmin G600 glass avionics package.
Deliveries were to be from October 2009, pending FAA certification.
Over 100 YMF-5s were completed as of 2012 with new examples being built to specific orders.
1998 Waco F-5C
Base Price: US$245,000
Engine: Jacobs R-755-B2, 275 hp @ 2200 rpm
TBO: 1200 hr
Fuel type: 92 octane
Propeller: Sensenich fixed pitch
Max ramp weight: 3218 lb
Gross weight: 3218 lb
Landing weight: 3218 lb
Empty weight: 2250 lb
Useful load (lbs.): 968
Payload, full fuel: 680 lb
Usable fuel: 48 USgal
Optional fuel: 73 USgal
Wingspan: 30 ft
Overall length: 23 ft. 10 in
Height: 8 ft. 6 in
Power loading: 11.7 lbs./hp
Seating capacity: 3
Cabin width (in.): 46 in
Baggage capacity (s.):75 + 200 lb
Cruise speed 75% power @ 7,000 ft.: 92 kt
Max range (w/ reserve) 75% power: 200 nm
Fuel consumption 75% power: 15 US gph
Estimated endurance (65% power w/1 hr reserve): 3.2 hr
Stall speed (flaps up): 52 kt
275 hp (205 kW) Jacobs R-755, built by WACO Aircraft Company of Ohio Inc by 2011
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