Hanson Woodwind

Woodwind
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Carl Hansen
First flight 20 June 1969
Developed from Wittman Tailwind

The Hanson Woodwind is an all-wooden homebuilt aircraft with a fiberglass wing.[1]

Design and development

The Woodwind was a homebuilt copy of the Wittman Tailwind using all-wood construction, rather than welded steel tube and aircraft fabric covering for the fuselage. Ironically, the Wittman design uses plywood covering for its wings, while the Woodwind uses fiberglass.[2]

The Woodwind is a two-seat side-by-side configuration, strut-braced, high-wing aircraft with conventional landing gear and Plexiglas doors. Some construction elements were adapted from the all-wood Bowers Fly Baby. The fuselage sides and tail surfaces are built flat on a table at the same time and covered with aircraft grade plywood. The wings are covered in fiberglass with stainless steel torque tubes for aileron control. The fuel tanks and cowling are also made from fiberglass. The prototype used a moose-hide interior.[3]

Operational history

The prototype first flew on 20 June 1969. The aircraft was written off in a non-fatal accident on 5 June 1976 after hitting a large rock.[4]

Specifications (Hanson Woodwind)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Capacity: 2
  • Empty weight: 851 lb (386 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,425 lb (646 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 32 U.S. gallons (120 L; 27 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235-C , 100 hp (75 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch Sensenich "Skyblade"

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 126 kn; 233 km/h (145 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 122 kn; 225 km/h (140 mph)
  • Stall speed: 52 kn; 97 km/h (60 mph)
  • Range: 608 nmi; 1,127 km (700 mi)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Air Trails: 19. Winter 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "The Hanson Woodwind". Sport Aviation. August 1970.
  3. ↑ "The Hanson Woodwind". Sport Aviation. August 1970.
  4. ↑ "N1429". Retrieved 22 December 2011.
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