Rogers Sportaire

Sportaire
Role	Homebuilt aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Rogers Aircraft
Designer	David M. Rogers
Status	Production completed (1959)
Produced	1959
Number built	One

The Rogers Sportaire is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed David M. Rogers and produced by Rogers Aircraft of Riverside, California, introduced in 1959. The aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, but plans are no longer available. Only one was built.^[1]^[2]

Design and development

The aircraft features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.^[1]

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the 26.3 ft (8.0 m) span wing made from wood, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. The engine used in the sole example is a 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-290 powerplant.^[1]^[2]

The aircraft has an empty weight of 984 lb (446 kg) and a gross weight of 1,600 lb (730 kg), giving a useful load of 616 lb (279 kg). With full fuel of 22 U.S. gallons (83 L; 18 imp gal) the payload is 484 lb (220 kg).^[1]

Operational history

By October 2013 only one example had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.^[2]

Specifications (Sportaire)

Data from Plane and Pilot^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Wingspan: 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)
Empty weight: 984 lb (446 kg)
Gross weight: 1,600 lb (726 kg)
Fuel capacity: 22 U.S. gallons (83 L; 18 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 125 hp (93 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 160 mph (257 km/h; 139 kn)
Cruise speed: 150 mph (130 kn; 241 km/h)
Stall speed: 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h)
Range: 400 mi (348 nmi; 644 km)
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

References

1 2 3 4 5 Plane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 154. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
1 2 3 Federal Aviation Administration (22 October 2013). "N-Number Inquiry Results - N311DR". Retrieved 22 October 2013.

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