Murphy Rebel
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The Murphy Rebel is a two-seat, strut braced, high wing, tail dragger monoplane which is sold in kit form by Murphy Aircraft in Chilliwack, B.C., Canada. It has a direct lineage to the De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, as Dick Hiscock, one of the designers of the Beaver, scaled the Beaver's plans down to help create the Rebel.
The Rebel is an STOL—that is, a “short-take-off-and-land”—aircraft, and is described by many as a great bush plane. It can get in and out of short, rough airstrips and carry a considerable payload.
The engine options for the Rebel range from the 80 H.P. Rotax 912 to the 160 H.P. Lycoming, but engines with as much as 200 H.P. have been fitted by some builders. Higher H.P. gives the plane the ability to lift a bigger payload, take off in a shorter distance and climb out at a steeper angle, all of which are desirable features for “back country flying.”
