Hu-Go Craft
| Hu-Go Craft | |
|---|---|
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Adolph B. Hugo |
| First flight | 19 April 1965 |
| Unit cost |
$1500 in 1965 |
The Hu-Go Craft is a homebuilt biplane that was designed by Adolph B. Hugo, first flying on 19 April 1965.[1]
Design and development
Hugo designed the biplane incorporating elements of popular homebuilt aircraft of the time. The aircraft was based loosely around the Great Lakes 2T-1E, with features from the Rose Parakeet and Waco Aircraft Company biplanes. Plans were sold for amateur construction.[2]
The aircraft is a conventional landing gear equipped, single seat, open cockpit biplane, with a fuselage constructed from welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering and spruce wing spars. The tail surfaces are wire braced. The upper wing is swept, while only the lower wings have dihedral.[3]
Construction of the prototype took 4 1/2 years and 2500 hours of time.
Specifications (Hu-Go Craft)
Data from Air Trails
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14 ft 7.5 in (4.458 m)
- Upper wingspan: 17 ft (5.2 m)
- Lower wingspan: 15 ft (4.6 m)
- Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
- Wing area: 92 sq ft (8.5 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA M-12
- Empty weight: 548 lb (249 kg)
- Gross weight: 848 lb (385 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65-12 horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 65 hp (48 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed McCauley
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 kn; 185 km/h (115 mph)
- Cruise speed: 91 kn; 169 km/h (105 mph)
- Stall speed: 55 kn (63 mph; 102 km/h)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- ↑ "HU-GO Craft". Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ↑ Page Shamburger (Winter 1971). "Ultra-light biplane design winner". Air Trails.
- ↑ "Hugo Craft Sport Biplane". Retrieved 25 January 2012.