Kimball McCullocoupe
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft Type of aircraft |
National origin | United States of America |
Designer | Kevin Kimball |
First flight | 1 March 2004 |
Number built | 1 |
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The Kimball McCullocoupe is a homebuilt aircraft built around the design of the Clipwing 110 Special Monocoupe.[1]
Development
The McCulloCoupe is an aircraft built as an evolution of air racers starting with the Velie Monocoupe. The Monocoupe evolved into the Monocoupe 110, eventually flown as an air-racer with clipped wings. Ben Howard built a larger version of the Monocoupe, "Mister Mulligan". The Mullicoupe replicas were developed using Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior engines. The McCulloCoupe uses a Vedeneyev M14P radial engine with features developed for the Pitts Model 12. Construction began in 2000, with the first flight in 2004.[2]
Design
The McCulloCoupe has side-by-side configuration seating, a high-wing, conventional landing gear and a radial engine. The wings use plywood covering.[3]
Specifications (McCulloCoupe)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Wingspan: 26 ft (7.9 m)
- Powerplant: 1 × Vedeneyev M14PF radial engine, 400 hp (300 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed MT Propeller
Performance
References
External links
- Video of Engine Start Up
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