Shober Willie II
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The Shober Willie II is an American two-seat sporting or aerobatic aircraft designed and built by Shober Aircraft Enterprises. The aircraft was designed to be sold as plans for amateur construction.{{cite journal|journal=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|page=79}}
Design
The Willie II is a braced single-bay biplane with a fabric covered welded steel fuselage. The two-spar wooden wings are fabric covered with wide-span ailerons on the lower wing and a fabric covered wired-braced welded steel tail unit. The prototype is powered by a {{convert|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-360-A3A four-cylinder piston engine. It has two open cockpits in tandem and a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel.
Specifications (Prototype)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74
|prime units? = met
|crew=2
|length m=5.79
|length ft=19
|length in=0
|span m=6.10
|span ft=20
|span in=0
|wing area sqm=13.75
|wing area sqft=148
|empty weight kg=388
|empty weight lb=856
|gross weight kg=612
|gross weight lb=1350
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Lycoming O-360-A3A four-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston
|eng1 hp=80
|cruise speed kmh=241
|cruise speed mph=150
|stall speed kmh=96
|stall speed mph=60
|range km=603
|range miles=375
|ceiling m=4570
|ceiling ft=15000
|g limits=+9 -9g
|climb rate ftmin=3000
}}
See also
References
=Notes=
=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |editor-last= Taylor|editor-first= John W.R. |title= Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74|year= 1973|publisher= Jane's Yearbooks |location=London, United Kingdom|isbn=0-354-00117-5}}
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Category:1970s United States sport aircraft