Sorrell Guppy
SNS-2 Guppy |
Role |
Single-seat homebuilt cabin biplane |
National origin |
United States |
Manufacturer |
Sorrell Aircraft Company |
Designer |
Hobie Sorrell |
First flight |
1967 |
The Sorrell SNS-2 Guppy is an American single-seat, negative stagger, cabin biplane designed for amateur construction that was produced in kit form by the Sorrell Aircraft Company of Tenino, Washington.[1]
Design
The SNS-2 Guppy is a wooden-built negative-stagger biplane with a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. Designed to use engines up to 36 hp (27 kW) the kit came with a 32 hp (24 kW) Rotax 377 engine.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
- Wingspan: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
- Height: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
- Wing area: 129 sq ft (12.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 350 lb (159 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 377 piston aircraft engine, 32 hp (24 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 80 mph (130 km/h; 70 kn)
- Cruise speed: 70 mph (61 kn; 110 km/h)
- Stall speed: 30 mph (26 kn; 48 km/h)
- Range: 210 mi (182 nmi; 338 km)
- Service ceiling: 10,200 ft (3,109 m)
- G limits: +4
- Rate of climb: 300 ft/min (1.5 m/s)
References
Notes
- ^ a b c Taylor 1989, p. 592
Bibliography
- Taylor, ed (1989). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 7106-0896-9.
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