Kinner Playboy

The Kinner R Playboy was a 1930s American two-seat sporting monoplane built by Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.

Playboy
General information
Type	Sporting monoplane
Manufacturer	Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation
Designer	Max B. Harlow
Number built	13
History
First flight	1933

Design and development

The Playboy was a two-seat (side-by-side) sporting monoplane designed by Max B. Harlow and built by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in 1933. Originally built with an enclosed cockpit the sole R was modified to have an open cockpit as the Kinner R-1 Playboy. Production aircraft were designated Kinner R-5 Playboy. one of the 12 built being supplied to the China Aviation Assn (Shanghai), fitted with a 210 hp (157 kW) Kinner C-5 engine. The Center for Freedom and Flight in Vacaville, California has one of the two remaining aircraft on display.

Variants

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Kinner R Playboy

The original closed cockpit version of the Playboy.

Kinner R-1 Playboy

The R modified to have an open cockpit.

Kinner R-5 Playboy

The production version with enclosed cockpit, 12 aircraft were built.

Specifications (R-5)

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General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
• Wingspan: 32 ft 9 in (9.98 m)
• Gross weight: 809 lb (367 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Kinner R-5 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 160 hp (120 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed metal propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 138 mph (222 km/h, 120 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
• Stall speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
• Range: 600 mi (970 km, 520 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)

References

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.

External links

• Eckland, K.O. (6 December 2007). "Kinner". US: Aerofiles.com. Retrieved 18 May 2012.