Practavia Sprite
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
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The Practavia Sprite is a British two-seat homebuilt training or touring monoplane designed for amateur construction. It was the winning entry in a competition sponsored by Pilot magazine in 1968. The design had been begun as a magazine-sponsored project by Peter Garrison, who worked for Pilot at the time; when the project did not move forward rapidly enough to suit him, he returned to the United States, where he modified his design into what would become his first Melmoth.
Development
The prototype Sprite, named the Pilot Sprite, was designed by a team at Loughborough University and had little in common with Garrison's design, though both were all-metal side-by-side low-wing cantilever monoplanes with tricycle landing gear. The Sprite was powered by a Rolls-Royce Continental O-240-A piston engine. Plans for amateur building were marketed by Practavia Ltd as the Practavia Sprite.
Specifications
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|prime units? = imp
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81Taylor 1980, p. 498
|crew=1 (pilot)
|capacity=1 (passenger)
|length m=
|length ft=20
|length in=0
|span m=
|span ft=27
|span in=0
|span note=(over tip tanks)
|height m=
|height ft=8
|height in=3
|wing area sqft=96.0
|aspect ratio=6:1
|airfoil=NACA 64315
|empty weight kg=
|empty weight lb=850
|max takeoff weight lb=1400
|fuel capacity={{convert|36|impgal|USgal L|abbr=on}}
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Rolls-Royce Continental O-240-A
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=130
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed mph=138
|cruise speed note=(max cruise)
|never exceed speed mph=245
|stall speed mph=55
|stall speed note=(flaps down)
}}
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References
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- {{cite book |last= Jackson |first= A. J. |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 3 |year= 1974 |publisher= Putnam |location= London |isbn=0-370-10014-X }}
- {{cite book |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=John W. R. |editor-link=John W. R. Taylor |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1980–81 |year=1980 |location=London |publisher=Jane's Publishing Company |isbn=0-7106-0705-9}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
{{Peter Garrison aircraft}}
Category:1970s British civil utility aircraft
Category:Loughborough University