McCarley Mini-Mac

Mini-Mac
Role	Sport aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	Charles McCarley
First flight	July 1970

The McCarley Mini-Mac was a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home building.^[1] It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy. The undercarriage was of fixed, tricycle type with spats fitted to the prototype, as well as a small skid fitted as a tail bumper.^[2] Construction was of metal throughout.^[2]

Specifications (prototype)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 546

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Length: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
• Wingspan: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
• Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
• Empty weight: 514 lb (233 kg)
• Gross weight: 800 lb (363 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × converted Volkswagen automotive engine, ? hp (? kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 mph (260 km/h)
• Range: 500 miles (800 km)
• Service ceiling: 8,000 ft (2,400 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

Notes

1. ^ Taylor 1989, 620
2. ^ ^{a b} Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 546

References

• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78. London: Jane's Publishing. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.