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Stolp Starduster Classic

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Wiki-
The SA-100 Starduster was designed by Louis A. Stolp and George M. Adams as a light sports aircraft for homebuilding from plans. It is a single bay biplane with fabric covered, wooden framed staggered wings, each pair braced by a single, wide chord interplane strut aided by bracing wires. A total of eight centre section struts join the upper wing to the fuselage, basically two pairs in N-form but with the forward strut doubled. The lower wing is unswept and has 1.5° of dihedral; the upper wing has 6° of sweep on its leading edge, no dihedral and a greater span. There are ailerons on the lower wings only, but no flaps.[2]The fuselage and tail unit have a fabric covered steel tube structure, with the open cockpit positioned just behind the swept upper wing trailing edge which has a rounded cut-out for upward visibility. There is a long and prominent faired headrest behind the cockpit, on top of the curved upper fuselage surface. The Starduster has a conventional tail unit, with a wire braced tailplane and straight tapered, round topped fin and rudder, the latter extending to the keel between split elevators. Both rudder and elevators are horn balanced.[2]

Specs-
Capacity: 1
Length: 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Upper wingspan: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
Lower wingspan: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Wing area: 110.0 sq ft (10.22 m2)
Aspect ratio: 6.33
Airfoil: NACA 4412
Empty weight: 700 lb (318 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 1,247 lb (566 kg)
Fuel capacity: 20 Imp gal (24 US gal, 91 L)
Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-290-D-1 4-cylinder horizontally opposed air cooled, 125 hp (93 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich M74DM61 fixed pitch
Performance

Maximum speed: 148 mph (238 km/h, 129 kn)
Cruise speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)
Stall speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)

Controls-
A1- Nav lights
A2- Beacon lights
A3- Strobe lights
A4- Landing lights
A5- *
A6- Main power
A7- Magnetos (engine)

DISCLAIMER- THIS PLANE IS NOT COPYRIGHT APPROVED. PLEASE DO NOT COPY THE AIRCRAFT.

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General Characteristics

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  • Wingspan 23.3ft (7.1m)
  • Length 20.1ft (6.1m)
  • Height 7.8ft (2.4m)
  • Empty Weight 438lbs (198kg)
  • Loaded Weight 600lbs (272kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.166
  • Wing Loading 6.6lbs/ft2 (32.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 90.8ft2 (8.4m2)
  • Drag Points 411

Parts

  • Number of Parts 217
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 964