The Baker Bobcat and the follow-on Baker Supercat are American homebuilt aircraft that were designed by Bobby Baker.
| Baker Supercat | |
|---|---|
| |
| Supercat at College Park Airport 100th anniversary | |
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Bobby Baker |
| Introduction | 1984 |
Design and development
editThe Baker Supercat is a low-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an ultralight aircraft and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.[1][2]
Operational history
editIn 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415 airfoil and an inverted 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded Grand Champion Light Plane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.[3]
Variants
edit- Baker Bobcat
- Ultralight version powered by a KFM 107 engine and without wing struts
- Baker Supercat
- Development version
Specifications (Baker Supercat)
editData from Sport Aviation, Ultralight News
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
- Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 325 lb (147 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 Twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 121 km/h)
- Stall speed: 26 kn (30 mph, 48 km/h)
- Never exceed speed: 83 kn (95 mph, 153 km/h)
- Range: 120 nmi (140 mi, 230 km)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
See also
editAircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
edit- ^ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.
- ^ "Bobcat ultralight". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.