Davis DA-5

The Davis DA-5, a.k.a. DA-5A, is a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. Like designer Leeon D. Davis's successful DA-2, it is a low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a V-tail, but with a much narrower fuselage accommodating only the pilot, and a lengthened nose. Design work was carried out in 1972, but the prototype was not built until 1974, when it was completed in only 67 days.

DA-5
Role	Sport aircraft
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	Leeon D. Davis
First flight	22 July 1974

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976–77

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
• Wingspan: 15 ft 7+1⁄4 in (4.756 m)
• Height: 4 ft 5+1⁄4 in (1.353 m)
• Wing area: 57.20 sq ft (5.314 m²)
• Aspect ratio: 4.26:1
• Airfoil: Clark Y
• Empty weight: 460 lb (209 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 775 lb (352 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 17 US gal (14 imp gal; 64 L)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 horizontally-opposed four-cylinder piston engine, 65 hp (48 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Hegy type 60-70 fixed pitch wooden propeller, 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) diameter

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 mph (260 km/h, 140 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 120 mph (190 km/h, 100 kn) (econ. cruise)
• Stall speed: 60 mph (97 km/h, 52 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 170 mph (270 km/h, 150 kn)
• Range: 450 mi (720 km, 390 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 14,500 ft (4,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
• Takeoff run to 50 ft (15 m): 850 ft (260 m)
• Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 1,100 ft (340 m)

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 305.
• Taylor, John W. R. (1976). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–1977. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 534–35.

External links

Source for plans and information on the Davis DA-5 http://davisda2.com