Mini-Hawk Tiger-Hawk
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| name=TH.E.01 Tiger-Hawk | image= | caption= }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=Sport aircraft | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Homebuilt | designer=William B. Taylor | first flight=1974 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built= | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Mini-Hawk TH.E.01 Tiger-Hawk was a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home assembly.Taylor 1989, 676 It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy.{{cite journal|magazine=Plane & Pilot Sports Planes Yearbook|date=1971|title=Meet the Mini-Hawk|author=Bob Said}} The wings were detachable for ease of storage or towing and could be rigged in around ten minutes. The undercarriage was of fixed, tricycle type with spats fitted to the prototype.Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 548 It was an all-metal construction, and the aircraft could be built from plans or a kit.
Specifications (prototype)
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|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 546
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One pilot
|length m=4.04
|length ft=14
|length in=3
|span m=5.49
|span ft=18
|span in=0
|height m=2.08
|height ft=6
|height in=10
|empty weight kg=238
|empty weight lb=525
|gross weight kg=362
|gross weight lb=800
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=converted Volkswagen automotive engine
|eng1 kw=53
|eng1 hp=72
|max speed kmh=282
|max speed mph=175
|range km=1,120
|range miles=700
|ceiling m=3,000
|ceiling ft=10,000
|climb rate ms=5.1
|climb rate ftmin=1,000
}}
See also
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Notes
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References
- {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78 |publisher=Jane's Publishing |location=London }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Levy|first1=Howard|title=Avions gadgets aux Etats-Unis, le "mini-hawk"|journal=Le album de fanatique de l'Aviation |date=May 1972|issue=33|pages=27–28|issn=0757-4169|language=fr|trans-title=American Gadgets Aircraft: The Mini-hawk}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}