RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth
RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth | |
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Ragwing Aircraft Designs
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Designer | Roger Mann |
First flight | June 1999 |
Introduction | 2000 |
Status | Plans available |
Number built | 1 (December 2000) |
Developed from | de Havilland Tiger Moth |
The RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth is a two-seats-in-tandem, biplane, conventional landing gear, single engine homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Mann and sold as plans by RagWing Aircraft Designs for amateur construction.[1][2][3]
The RW22 is an 80% scale replica of the de Havilland Tiger Moth and was developed using the original Tiger Moth design as a guide.[1][2]
Design and development
The RW22 was designed for the US experimental homebuilt aircraft category and was first flown in June 1999. It also qualifies as an Experimental Light-sport aircraft in the USA.[1][2]
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The RW22 was originally available as a complete quick-build kit, less only the engine, but today is only offered as plans and the designer estimates it will take 600 hours to complete the aircraft.[1][2][3]
Specifications (RW22)
Data from Kitplanes and RagWing[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
- Wingspan: 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
- Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
- Wing area: 161 sq ft (15.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 490 lb (222 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,050 lb (476 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 10 US gallons (38 litres)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder two stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden
Performance
- Cruise speed: 80 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn)
- Stall speed: 35 mph (56 km/h, 30 kn)
- Never exceed speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
- Range: 250 mi (400 km, 220 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)
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References
- ^ a b c d e f Downey, Julia: 2001 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 70. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
- ^ a b c d e f RagWing Aircraft Designs (2006). "RW22 RagWing Tiger Moth". Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ a b RagWing Aircraft Designs (2006). "RagWing Price List". Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2010.