Wendt WH-1 Traveler

WH-1 Traveler
Role Two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Wendt Aircraft Engineering
Designer Harold Wendt
First flight 15 March 1972
Number built 1

The Wendt WH-1 Traveler is an American two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft designed by Harold Wendt and built by his company Wendt Aircraft Engineering.[1][2] Plans for the Traveler were available for amateur construction.[2]

Design

The WH-1 Traveler is a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a conventional wooden fuselage, the wing is a constant-cord two-spar structure with ailerons but no flaps.[2] The prototype aircraft is powered by a 75 hp (56 kW) Continental A-75 air-cooled engine driving a metal two-bladed fixed pitch tractor propeller.[2] The Traveler has a fixed tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose-wheel and glassfibre wheel fairings.[2] The pilot and passenger sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit with a port-hinged canopy with transparent panels at each side, it also had stowage behind the rear-seat for 50 lb (23 kg) of baggage.[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
  • Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
  • Wing area: 118 ft2 (10.96 m2)
  • Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1400 lb (635 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-75 four-cylinder, horizontally opposed and air-cooled piston, 75 hp (56 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 131 mph (211 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 123 mph (198 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 65 mph (105 km/h)
  • Range: 368 miles (592 km)
  • Service ceiling: 13000 ft (3960 m)
  • Rate of climb: 750 ft/min ( m/s)

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Sports Planes. September 1973. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Taylor 1973, p. 458

Bibliography

  • Taylor, ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00117-5. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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