VSR SR-1 Snoshoo
{{Short description|American homebuilt racing aircraft}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
| {{Infobox aircraft begin
| name=SR-1 Snoshoo | image= | caption= }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=Homebuilt aircraft | national origin=United States | manufacturer= VanMeter Smith Racing | designer=Alan VanMeter and A.J. Smith | first flight=1997 | introduced=1993 | retired= | status=In production (2014) | primary user= | more users= | produced= 1993-present | number built=At least one | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The VSR SR-1 Snoshoo ({{langx|en|Snowshoe}}) is an American homebuilt Formula One racing aircraft that was designed by Alan VanMeter and A.J. Smith and produced by VanMeter Smith Racing (VSR) of Wichita, Kansas. It was designed in 1993 and first flown in 1997. The aircraft is supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, with some key parts available to speed construction.Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 280. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}{{Cite web|url = http://snoshoo.com/SR-1_3-view-1.pdf|title = SR-1 Snoshoo drawing |accessdate = 26 March 2014|last = VanMeter Smith Racing |year = 1994}}
Design and development
The SR-1 Snoshoo features a cantilever mid-wing, a single-seat 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 covered in carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer fairings ahead of the wing and doped aircraft fabric aft. Its {{convert|19.91|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing is made from Sitka spruce wood, has no flaps and has a wing area of {{convert|66.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The cockpit width is {{convert|22|in|cm|abbr=on}}. The acceptable power range is {{convert|95|to|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and the standard engine used is the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental O-200A powerplant, as required by the Formula One rules. The aircraft is stressed to +/-8 g{{Cite web|url = http://snoshoo.com/|title = SR-1 Snoshoo |accessdate = 26 March 2014|last = VanMeter Smith Racing |year = 2014}}
The SR-1 Snoshoo has a typical empty weight of {{convert|530|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|760|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|230|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|6|u.s.gal}} the payload for the pilot and baggage is {{convert|200|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.
The designers estimate the construction time from the supplied plans as 1500 hours.
Operational history
By 1998 the company reported that 20 kits and sets of plans had been sold.
In March 2014 one example was registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=SR-1&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 26 March 2014|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 26 March 2014}}
Specifications (SR-1 Snoshoo)
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units?=imp
|genhide=
|crew=one
|capacity=
|length m=
|length ft=17.91
|length in=
|length note=
|span m=
|span ft=19.91
|span in=
|span note=
|height m=
|height ft=4
|height in=1
|height note=
|wing area sqm=
|wing area sqft=66.00
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=6.01:1
|airfoil=
|empty weight kg=
|empty weight lb=530
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=760
|gross weight note=(746 lbs (338 kg) for racing)
|fuel capacity={{convert|6|u.s.gal}}
|more general=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Continental O-200A
|eng1 type=four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=100
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=wooden, fixed pitch
|prop dia m=
|prop dia ft=
|prop dia in=
|prop note=
|perfhide=
|max speed kmh=
|max speed mph=280
|max speed kts=
|max speed note=
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed mph=220
|cruise speed kts=
|cruise speed note=
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed mph=65
|stall speed kts=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed mph=350
|never exceed speed kts=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=
|range miles=
|range nmi=
|range note=
|endurance=
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=
|ceiling note=
|g limits=+/-8
|roll rate=
|glide ratio=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=2500
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|sink rate ms=
|sink rate ftmin=
|sink rate note=
|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=
|wing loading lb/sqft=11.5
|wing loading note=
|power/mass=
|thrust/weight=
|more performance=
|avionics=
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://snoshoo.com/}}
- [http://snoshoo.com/Photos.cfm Official photos of the SR-1 prototype]
Category:1990s United States sport aircraft