The Great Plains Aircraft Easy Eagle is a single seat homebuilt biplane, powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine.[1][2][3]
| Easy Eagle | |
|---|---|
| Role | Biplane |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Manufacturer | Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company |
| Designer | Ron Grosso |
| Introduction | 1998 |
Design and development
editThe Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 was designed by Ron Grosso, and the production rights were sold to Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company.[2][4][page needed]
The Easy Eagle 1 is built with a steel tube fuselage that is fabric covered.[5] The wings are all wooden construction. It uses the same one piece, all-aluminum landing gear as the Monnett Sonerai.[6]
The Easy Eagle is built from plans; there is no kit available, although Great Plains supplies some sub-assemblies. The estimated time to complete the aircraft from the plans is 300-500 hours.[2][3]
Variants
edit- Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 2
- Two seat version
Specifications (Easy Eagle)
editData from Great Plains
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
- Wingspan: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
- Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.4 m2)
- Empty weight: 454 lb (206 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Great Plains Type 1 Front Drive Volkswagen air-cooled engine flat-4, 65 hp (48 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 83 kn (95 mph, 153 km/h)
- Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
References
edit- ^ "easy eagle 1". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.
- ^ a b c Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 104. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ a b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 110. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ^ Jackson, Paul; Munson, Kenneth; Peacock, Lindsay (2005). Jane's all the world's aircraft: 2005–2006 (69th ed.). Coulsdon (Surrey), UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2684-4.
- ^ "Build This Airplane for 10 Grand How to get from the dollar store to the runway". Air & Space Magazine. January 2007.
- ^ "grosso aircraft". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.