Clutton-Tabenor FRED
{{Short description|British homebuilt aircraft}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox aircraft
|name=FRED
|image=Preparing for flight - Andrewsfield - geograph.org.uk - 119672.jpg
|caption=Being prepared for flight at Andrewsfield Airport, Essex, 1989
|type= Homebuilt monoplane
|manufacturer= Clutton-Tabenor
|designer= Eric Clutton
|first_flight= 1963
|introduction=
|retired=
|status=
|primary_user=
|more_users=
|produced=
|number_built=about 30-40
|variants=
}}
The Clutton-Tabenor FRED is a British homebuilt aircraft design introduced in 1963.{{cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0-370-10006-9}}Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 98. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 104. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The prototype FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) was designed and built by E.C. Clutton and E.W. Sherry between 1957 and 1963. The aircraft, registered G-ASZY, first flew at Meir aerodrome, Stoke-on-Trent on 3 November 1963. It was a single-seat wood and fabric parasol monoplane powered originally by a Triumph 5T motorcycle engine. By 1968 it was flying with a converted Volkswagen engine. The Continental A-65 {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} four-stroke powerplant has also been used. The plans were made available to allow the aircraft to be homebuilt and thirty to forty examples have been built around the world.
Variants
;FRED Series 1
:Prototype, one built.
;FRED Series 2
:Homebuilt version sold in the form of plans.
;FRED Series 3
:Improved homebuilt version with {{convert|65|hp|kW|abbr=on}} Continental A65 engine. First flight December 1982.{{sfn|Taylor|1983|p=550}}
Specifications (FRED Series 2)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72{{sfn|Taylor|1971|p=187}}
|prime units?=imp
|crew=1
|length ft=17
|length in=0
|span ft=22
|span in=6
|height ft=6
|height in=0
|wing area sqft=110
|aspect ratio=4.4:1
|airfoil=Göttingen 535
|empty weight lb=533
|gross weight lb=773
|fuel capacity={{convert|7.5|impgal|USgal L|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=converted 1500 cc Volkswagen engine
|eng1 type=4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine
|eng1 hp=66
|max speed mph=75
|cruise speed mph=63
|stall speed mph=40
|stall speed note=(approx)
|range mi=200
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |editor-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1971–72 |year=1971| location=London |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. |isbn=0-354-00094-2}}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1983–84 |year=1983 |location=London |publisher=Jane's Yearbooks |isbn=0-7106-0780-6}}
External links
{{Commons category|Clutton-Tabenor FRED}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928040902/http://www.pfa.org.uk/Data%20Sheets/029%20%20FRED%20SERIES%202%20AND%203.pdf Popular Flying Association data sheet]
Category:1960s British sport aircraft
Category:Parasol-wing aircraft
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Category:Aircraft first flown in 1963