Bishop RB-1 Ray's Rebel
| RB-1 Ray's Rebel | |
|---|---|
| Role | Two-seat homebuilt light aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Ray Bishop |
| First flight | 28 March 1970 |
| Number built | 1 |
The RB-1 Ray's Rebel is an American two-seat light sporting aircraft designed and built by Ray Bishop of Norton, Ohio.[1]
Design and development
The Ray's Rebel is a braced low-wing monoplane with a welded steel-tube fuselage covered in fabric.[1] The wing is an all-wood construction covered with Ceconite, it has endplates on the wing tips and frise-type ailerons but has no flaps or trim tabs.[1] Ray's Rebel is powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-290-G air-cooled piston engine driving a two-bladed fixed pitch tractor propeller.[1] The landing gear is a fixed tailwheel type with a glassfibre fairing over the wheel.[1] The enclosed cockpit has two side-by-side configuration seats under a rearward-sliding canopy.[1] Bishop started designing the aircraft in October 1954 and started construction in February 1955, fifteen years later it was completed and now registered N971RB. Roy's Rebel first flew on 28 March 1970.[1]
Specifications
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
- Wingspan: 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m)
- Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
- Wing area: 117.5 ft2 (10.9 m2)
- Empty weight: 1100 lb (499 kg)
- Gross weight: 1550 lb (703 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290-G four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 180 mph (289 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 150 mph (241 km/h)
- Stall speed: 56 mph (90.5 km/h)
- Range: 275 miles (442 km)
- Service ceiling: 15000 ft (4570 m)
- Rate of climb: 1800 ft/min ( m/s)
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00117-5.