Baker Supercat
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| Supercat at College Park Airport 100th anniversary | |
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Bobby Baker |
| Introduction | 1984 |
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The Baker Bobcat and the follow-on Baker Supercat are American homebuilt aircraft that were designed by Bobby Baker.
Design and development
The Baker Supercat is a low-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an ultralight aircraft and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.[1][2]
Operational history
In 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415 airfoil and an inverted 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded Grand Champion Light Plane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.[3]
Variants
- Baker Bobcat
- Ultralight version powered by a KFM 107 engine and without wing struts
- Baker Supercat
- Development version
Specifications (Baker Supercat)
Data from Sport Aviation, Ultralight News
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
- Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 325 lb (147 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 Twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 65 kn; 121 km/h (75 mph)
- Stall speed: 26 kn; 48 km/h (30 mph)
- Never exceed speed: 83 kn; 153 km/h (95 mph)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- ↑ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.
- ↑ "Bobcat ultralight". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ↑ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.
External links
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