EAA Biplane

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name=Biplane


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type=Recreational aircraft
manufacturer=Homebuilt
designer=EAA
first flight=10 June 1960
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variants with their own articles=The EAA Biplane was a recreational aircraft designed in the United States in the late 1950s and marketed as plans for homebuilding.

Design and development

The design was produced for the EAA by a team of Allison engineers led by EAA member Jim D. Stewart. This team took the Gere Sport of the 1930s as their starting point and eventually developed a completely new design.

The prototype was constructed by students at St. Rita of Cascia High School, Chicago and first flew in 1960. It was a single-seat biplane of conventional configuration, with staggered, single-bay equal-span wings braced with N-struts. The undercarriage was of fixed tailwheel type. The fuselage was built from fabric-covered welded steel tube, and the wings were fabric-covered wood. Plans for the biplane remained available until 1972, by which time some 7,000 sets had been sold. The prototype is now preserved at the AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

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height m=1.83
height ft=6
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wing area sqm=10.03
wing area sqft=108
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empty weight kg=315
empty weight lb=695
gross weight kg=464
gross weight lb=1,023
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eng1 type=Continental C85
eng1 kw= 63
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max speed kmh=169
max speed mph=105
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range km=322
range miles=200
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ceiling m=3,505
ceiling ft=11,500
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References

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* [http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/EAA%20Biplane%20A-1(P-2).asp#TopOfPage AirVenture Museum page on type]
* [http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/EAA%20Biplane%20Specifications.asp airVenture Museum specification page for Biplane with 85 hp engine and open cockpit]