Sport Racer
{{Short description|American amateur-built aircraft}}
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The Sport Racer is an American homebuilt racing aircraft that was designed and produced by Sport Racer Inc of Valley Center, Kansas. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 256. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}
Design and development
The Sport Racer features a cantilever mid-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded 4130 steel tubing. The {{convert|22.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing has a wooden structure, covered in doped aircraft fabric and has a wing area of {{convert|81.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The standard engine used is a {{convert|230|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Ford Motor Company V-6 automotive conversion powerplant.
The Sport Racer has a typical empty weight of {{convert|1175|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1850|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|675|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|30|u.s.gal}} the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is {{convert|495|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a {{convert|230|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine is {{convert|1500|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} and the landing roll is {{convert|1600|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}.
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied plans as 1600 hours.
Specifications (Sport Racer)
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://lightplanes.org/aircraft-image/300x300/Sport-Racer/Sport-Racer.jpg Photo of a Sport Racer]
Category:1990s United States sport aircraft