Sport Performance Aviation Panther

Panther
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Sport Performance Aviation
Designer Dan Weseman
First flight 23 April 2013
Number built 1
Unit cost
US$10,000 (kit, 2015)

The Sport Performance Aviation Panther is a single seat, all-metal, homebuilt aircraft under development by Sport Performance Aviation of Green Cove Springs, Florida. The aircraft is intended to be supplied as plans and as a kit for amateur construction.[1][2]

Design

The Panther is a single seat, low wing aircraft, built of aluminum with a bubble canopy. The forward fuselage is constructed from welded 4130 steel tubing, with the aft fuselage, tail and wings made from 2024-T3 aluminum sheet. The landing gear can be assembled in either tricycle or conventional gear arrangements. The wings are designed to be folded for storage or ground transport. The design can accept engines from 80 to 160 hp (60 to 119 kW).[2][3]

Variants

Three variants are planned.[4]

Panther Sport
21.5 ft (6.6 m) wing span, 1,150 lb (522 kg) gross weight, 30 U.S. gallons (110 L; 25 imp gal) of fuel
Panther LSA
Panther LSA
23.5 ft (7.2 m) wing span, 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal) of fuel, for the US light-sport aircraft category
Panther Long LSA
Extended wingspan model

Specifications (Panther LSA)

Data from EAA[5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
  • Wing area: 93 sq ft (8.6 m2)
  • Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,020 lb (463 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Chevrolet Corvair engine conversion horizontally opposed piston engine, 110 hp (82 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 156 kn; 290 km/h (180 mph)
  • Never exceed speed: 174 kn; 322 km/h (200 mph)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ↑ "Sports Performance Aircraft Displays Single Seat Panther Prototype At AirVenture". Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 127. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ↑ "Sport Performance Aviation Offers Panther Kit Plane". Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Panther updates". Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Sport Performance Aviation Offers Panther Kit Plane". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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