Historical Ryan STA
{{Short description|American light aircraft}}
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The Historical Ryan STA was an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by the Historical Aircraft Corporation of Nucla, Colorado. The aircraft was an 85% scale replica of the original Ryan STA and when it was available was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 178. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}
Design and development
The aircraft featured a wire-braced and strut-braced low-wing, two seats in separate tandem open cockpits with windshields, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage was made from welded steel tubing, while the wings had wooden spars and ribs covered in doped aircraft fabric. Several prefabricated components were supplied as part of the kit, including the fuselage frame, landing gear, engine mount and tail assembly. The manufacturer rated the STA kit as suitable for beginners and estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1500 hours. The kit could be completed to represent an STA, a military PT-16 or a PT-20.
The aircraft's {{convert|26.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing had an area of {{convert|112.6|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The cockpit width was {{convert|22|in|cm|abbr=on}} and the standard engine used was the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} CAM 100 powerplant. It had a typical empty weight of {{convert|725|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1275|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|500|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|23|u.s.gal}} the payload for pilot, passenger and baggage was {{convert|362|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In January 2014 no examples remained registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration. Although one aircraft had been registered in 1997, it was listed as destroyed and deregistered in 2002. It is likely that no examples exist today.{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=498|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 2 January 2014|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 2 January 2014}}
Specifications (STA)
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References
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