Ritter Special

Special
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Riter
First flight 1961

The Riter Special is an American Homebuilt aircraft design.

Design and development

The Riter special is a single engine, low wing, single seat, retractable conventional landing gear aircraft. The wings fold upward for ground transport on a trailer. The landing gear is retracted by hand with a worm-gear mechanism.[1]

Specifications (Riter Special)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GPU

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 174 kn; 322 km/h (200 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 148 kn; 274 km/h (170 mph)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ↑ Air Progress: 6. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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