Rearwin Sportster

Sportster

Rearwin Sportster 9000 displayed in the Drage Airworld museum at Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia in March 1988
Role	Sporting/Touring monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Rearwin Aircraft & Engines
First flight	1935
Number built	330+

The Rearwin Sportster is a 1930s American two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by Rearwin Aircraft & Engines.

Design and development

The first variant, a Sportster 7000 first flew on 30 April 1935. It was a two-seat braced high-wing cabin monoplane powered by a LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine. The 7000 followed by a de luxe and more powerful engined versions, the 8500, 9000-L and 9000-KR. It had a standard tailskid landing gear but was available with floats or skis. In 1937 a new variant appeared the Sportster 9000-W powered by a 90hp (67kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine.

Two Sportster 9000s were impressed into military service during World War II under the designation UC-102.^[1]

Variants

1936 Rearwin 7000

Rearwin Sportster 7000: Initial production variant powered by either a 70hp (52kW) LeBlond 5DE or LeBlond 5E radial engine, 75 built.
Rearwin Sportster 8500: Variant with a 85hp (63kW) LeBlond 5DF
Rearwin Sportster 9000-L: Variant with a 90hp (67kW) LeBlond 5F
Rearwin Sportster 9000-KR: Variant powered by a Ken-Royce engine,
Rearwin Sportster 9000-W: Variant powered by a 90hp (67kW) Warner Scarab Jr radial engine, eight built.
Götaverken GV 38: A licence-built version from Sweden, built by AB Götaverken.

Operators

Military operators

Honduras

Honduran Air Force

New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Specifications (8500)

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Wingspan: 35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Wing area: 166 ft² (15.42 m²)
Empty weight: 830 lb (376 kg)
Gross weight: 1410 lb (640 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × LeBlond 5DF radial engine, 85 hp (63 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 116 mph (187 km/h)
Range: 480 miles (772 km)
Service ceiling: 15,200 ft (4635 m)

References

Notes

↑ Johnson, E.R. (2013). American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 978-0786462698.
↑ Orbis 1985, page 2792

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.

External links

Media related to Rearwin Sportster at Wikimedia Commons

Aircraft produced by Rearwin

Cloudster Junior Skyranger Speedster Sportster

United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems

Army/Air Force sequence (1925-1962)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41/A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47/T C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70/A/B/C/D C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77/B-D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97/KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-118 C-119 C-120 C-121/F C-122 C-123/A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-127 (I) C-127 (II) C-128 C-129 C-130/J C-131 C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135/KC-135 C-136 C-137 C-138¹ C-139¹ C-140 C-141 C-142

Tri-service sequence (1962-present)	C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7/B C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-13¹ C-14 C-15 C-16¹ C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20A-D/F-H C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27/J C-28 C-29 C-30¹ C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34¹ C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-40 C-41 C-42¹ C-43¹ C-44¹ C-45 C-46

Revived original sequence (2005-present)	C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146

Non-sequential designations	C-767 C-880

¹ Not assigned See also: AC-47 • AC-119 • AC-130 • DC-130 • EC-130 • HC-130 • KC-130 • LC-130 • MC-130 • WC-130

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