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American homebuilt aircraft
The Warner Sportster is an American
light-sport aircraft , designed and produced by
Warner Aerocraft of
Seminole, Florida . The aircraft is only supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
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Design and development
The Sportster was designed by Jesse Anglin of
Henderson, North Carolina . It was derived from his earlier design, the
Warner Spacewalker II , to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever
low-wing , a single-seat or a two-seats-in-
tandem open cockpit which can be optionally enclosed under a
bubble canopy , fixed
conventional landing gear and a single engine in
tractor configuration .
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The aircraft
fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with its wooden wings covered in
doped
aircraft fabric . Its 28.5 ft (8.7 m) span wing has an area of 112.1 sq ft (10.41 m2 ). The standard engine available is the 100 hp (75 kW)
Continental O-200
four-stroke powerplant. The 125 to 140 hp (93 to 104 kW)
Lycoming O-290 has also been used.
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As of March 2017, the design does not appear on the
Federal Aviation Administration 's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.
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Operational history
By March 2017 five examples had been
registered in the United States with the
Federal Aviation Administration , all in the experimental category.
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Specifications (Sportster two-seater)
Data from Bayerl and Warner Aerocraft
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General characteristics
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Length: 21 ft 4 in (6.50 m)
Wingspan: 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m)
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Wing area: 112.1 sq ft (10.41 m2 )
Empty weight: 817 lb (371 kg)
Gross weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg)
Fuel capacity: standard: 14.5 U.S. gallons (55 L; 12.1 imp gal), optional 29 U.S. gallons (110 L; 24 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Continental O-200 four cylinder, air-cooled,
four stroke
aircraft engine , 100 hp (75 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden
Performance
Maximum speed: 130 mph (210 km/h, 110 kn)
Cruise speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
Never exceed speed : 150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn)
g limits: +6/-4
Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
Wing loading: 11.8 lb/sq ft (58 kg/m2 )
References
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d Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12 , page 84. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011.
ISSN
1368-485X
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b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16 , page 87. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
ISSN
1368-485X
^ Levi, Howard (June 1, 2000).
"Warner's Winner.(Sportster)" . KitPlanes . Retrieved December 2, 2012 .
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Federal Aviation Administration (September 12, 2012).
"Make / Model Inquiry Results" . Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
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Federal Aviation Administration (September 26, 2016).
"SLSA Make/Model Directory" . Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
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Federal Aviation Administration (March 23, 2017).
"Make / Model Inquiry Results" . Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
^ Warner Aerocraft.
"Specifications" . Warnerair.com. Retrieved September 12, 2012 .
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