Rutan Grizzly
Grizzly | |
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Rutan Grizzly at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh. Image courtesy by TDL. | |
Role | Tandem-wing STOL research aircraft Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Rutan Aircraft Factory |
Designer | Burt Rutan |
First flight | January 22, 1982 |
Number built | 1 |
The Rutan Model 72 Grizzly is a tandem-wing STOL research aircraft designed by Burt Rutan, now preserved at the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh. The aircraft exhibited excellent short take-off and landing (STOL) capabilities.
Design and development
This composite-construction aircraft features three lifting surfaces: A front wing with approximately half the span of the main wing and a cruciform empennage. Front and main wings are connected by a pair of struts with square cross-section which also serve as fuel tanks. Both wings carry Fowler flaps on part of their span for STOL. The fixed tail-wheel undercarriage has four low-pressure, small-diameter main-wheels, on two cantilever spring struts, with a spring mounted tail-wheel assembly. The four-seat cabin is completely enclosed with a combination of flat, squared and outward-bulged tear-drop shaped windows.
After completion of testing the Grizzly was donated to the EAA AirVenture Museum, Oshkosh in 1997.
Specifications
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1984–85[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 3 passengers
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-360B 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell Q-tip constant speed propeller
Performance
- Stall speed: 35 kn (40 mph, 65 km/h)
References
- ^ Taylor, John W. R., ed. (1984). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1984–85 (75th ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Co. pp. 492–493. ISBN 0-7106-0801-2.
External links
- Aerofiles Grizzly information
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