New Experimental aircraft built by a lifetime pilot and engineer with three other engineers helping.
Item specifics
| Condition: | New |
All aluminum Construction. The fuselage is welded aluminum tubing with additional flush riveted aluminum skin monocoque construction. The wing is a big and small built up I-beam with aluminum ribs and flush riveted aluminum skin. The engine is a Volkswagen engine that has been split in half so it"s two opposed cylinders. A lot of the engine work was done by MOFOCO Volkswagen shop on Capitol Drive in Milwaukee. Ignition is Magneto. Airplane only weighs about 400 pounds. The airplane is designed for a pilot between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet tall weighing around 120 to 170 pounds and no passenger. The wingspan is in the neighborhood of 20 feet. Wheel pants are finished and ready to be bolted on.
The airplane is largely finished but it has a few details to be worked out and needs to be certified. The engine sat for the last 4 years or so and is having a hard time starting. Probably dirt in the carb or some minor electrical problem is our best guess.
7 boxes of rivets, bolts... used to build the airplane would come with the plane to help in finishing it up. Also, anything else I find at the airport where it is being hangered at now would come with the airplane.
The plane was built by my dad. I helped many times t build it. My dad"s injuries from old age piled up right when he was ready to start to try to fly it. I am a mechanical engineer but not a pilot. Two other aeronautical engineers by profession helped with critical calculations and check to see if the work was done correctly. Many old time pilots critiqued the work and design as most of my dad"s friends are pilots. My dad has owned at least 7 planes in his life; 210, 190, 175, two Stinsons one which he rebuilt completely, Aeronca Chief and this one. Every plane he did work on and maintained to perfection, trust me! Never an accident in all of his years of flying.
The gas tank is somewhere around 7 gallons. It would take off at around 35-40 mph knots and cruise around 65-70 and max out around 85-95 is our best guess.
I personally would do the work to remove the wings for shipping and help to make sure it is strapped onto the shipping truck properly.
Pretty sure the federal regulations state that you don"t need a pilots license for an aircraft of this size.
Perfect airplane for a guy who likes to work on a close to finished project and be ready to fly next summer. Plans included.
Best offer, please give me a call for more details. George 414-617-0093 Current date: 2017-02-04