TYPE: Single-seat fully aerobatic homebuilt biplane.

AIRFRAME: Braced biplane. Alternative all-metal wings, or all-wood wing structure covered with heavy plywood skin. Ailerons, of simplified sheet metal construction, on lower wings only. Provision for detachable plastics wingtips. Sheet metal fuselage and tail unit. Turtledeck either sheet metal or reinforced plastics. Non-retractable tailwheel landing gear.

POWER PLANT: Prototype has 74.5 kW (100 hp) Rolls-Royce Continental O-200-A. Provision for other engines, including Volkswagen conversions. Standard fuel capacity 50 litres (13.2 US gallons; 11 Imp gallons). Provision for external ‘bullet’ tank of 50 litres (13.2 US gallons; 11 Imp gallons) capacity under fuselage.

DIMENSIONS, EXTERNAL:

• Wing span: upper: 5.34 m (17 ft 7 in)
• lower: 5.14 m (16 ft 11 in)
• Length overall: 4.60 m (15 ft 0 in)

AREA:

• Wings, gross: 8.30 m² (89.3 sq ft)

WEIGHT:

• Max T-O weight: 375 kg (827 lb)

PERFORMANCE (prototype, at max T-O weight):

• Max level speed: 122 knots (225 km/h; 140 mph)
• Max cruising speed: 104 knots (193 km/h; 120 mph)
• Min flying speed: 35 knots (64 km/h; 40 mph)
• Max rate of climb at S/L: 610 m (2,000 ft)/min
• T-O and landing run: less than 100 m (330 ft)
• Range with standard fuel: 152 nm (280 km; 175 miles)

The article appears in the following publication:
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1991-92. Jane's Information Group Ltd. 1991. ISBN: 0-7106-0965-5