Larkin Skylark

The Larkin Skylark is single-engine amphibious homebuilt aircraft. Only one aircraft was built and flown in 1973.

Skylark KC-3
Role Homebuilt semi-amphibious aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Larkin Aircraft Corporation
First flight 1973
Number built 1
Unit cost
$7000 in 1974 [1]

Design

The Skylark is a pusher-style design with a single Volkswagen air-cooled engine above and behind the fully enclosed cockpit. The cockpit seats two occupants in side-by-side configuration, with a large Plexiglas canopy curving around both occupants. The tail is a twin-boom arrangement attached at the trailing edge of the wings, allowing clearance for the pusher propeller above and within the booms. The landing gear is a tricycle arrangement with the nose gear positioned at the foremost point of the nose and the two main gear semi-recessed into teardrop-shaped fairings on the lower sides. The fuselage and landing gear are internally supported with an aluminum tube keel.[2]

The Skylark is capable of amphibious operation when fitted with an optional V-shaped lower hull made out of fiberglass.[3]

Specifications

Data from Plane & Pilot

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2 (pilot and passenger)
  • Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.95 m)
  • Wingspan: 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
  • Empty weight: 790 lb (358 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1246 lb (565 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen automotive engine, 65 hp (48 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h)
  • Range: 525 miles (845 km)
  • Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3659 m)
  • Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

Related lists

References
  1. Flying Magazine: 86. August 1974. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Larkin Skylark". Retrieved 30 December 2011.
  3. John William Ransom Taylor (1977). Jane's Pocket book of home-built aircraft. p. 141.
  • International Aircraft Directory, 3rd edition (ISBN 978-1-56027-590-9)
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