Bakeng Deuce
{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft}}
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{{Infobox aircraft
|name=Deuce
|image=Bakeng Duce C-GPLL 01.JPG
|caption=
|type=Homebuilt aircraft
|manufacturer=Bakeng Deuce Airplane Factory
|designer=Jerry Bakeng
|first_flight=2 April 1970
|introduction=
|retired=
|status=In production (2011)
|primary_user=
|more_users=
|produced=
|number_built=112 (2011)
|variants=
}}
File:Bakeng Duce C-GPLL 02.JPG
File:Bakeng Duce C-GPLL 03.JPG
The Bakeng Deuce (formerly the Duce) is a parasol-wing monoplane designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. Plans and parts were still available in 2007, although the rights have changed hands in the intervening years.Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 44. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
A biplane derivative, the Double Duce was also available at one time.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
Design and development
The aircraft's configuration as a two-seat open cockpit, parasol wing monoplane, with fixed tailwheel undercarriage evokes 1930s designs, however, it was a new design by former Boeing engineer Jerry Bakeng, which won the Outstanding New Design Trophy at the 1971 EAA fly-in at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Two hundred sets of plans had been sold by 1979. The fuselage construction is of welded steel tube with the forward part skinned in metal and the rear in fabric. The wings are constructed of wooden ribs and spars with fabric covering and are removable for transport or storage.{{Citation needed|date=November 2012}}
Rights to the Deuce were purchased by the Bakeng Deuce Airplane Factory in March 1999 and the spelling of the aircraft's name was changed at this point.
Specifications (Deuce)
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = imp
|crew=one pilot
|capacity=one passenger
|length m=6.33
|length ft=20
|length in=9
|span m=9.25
|span ft=30
|span in=4
|height m=2.13
|height ft=7
|height in=0
|empty weight kg=476
|empty weight lb=1,050
|gross weight kg=748
|gross weight lb=1,650
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-290
|eng1 kw=112
|eng1 hp=150
|max speed kmh=225
|max speed mph=140
|ceiling m=3,660
|ceiling ft=12,000
|climb rate ms=5.1
|climb rate ftmin=1,000
}}
References
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{{commons category|Bakeng Duce}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=121 }}
- [http://www.bakengdeuce.com/ Bakeng Deuce Airplane Factory company website]
Category:1970s United States sport aircraft
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