Sorrell Guppy

SNS-2 Guppy
Role	Single-seat homebuilt cabin biplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Sorrell Aircraft Company
Designer	Hobie Sorrell
First flight	1967

The Sorrell SNS-2 Guppy is an American single-seat, negative stagger, cabin biplane designed for amateur construction that was produced in kit form by the Sorrell Aircraft Company of Tenino, Washington.^[1]

Design

The SNS-2 Guppy is a wooden-built negative-stagger biplane with a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. Designed to use engines up to 36 hp (27 kW) the kit came with a 32 hp (24 kW) Rotax 377 engine.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
• Wingspan: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
• Height: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
• Wing area: 129 sq ft (12.0 m²)
• Empty weight: 350 lb (159 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 377 piston aircraft engine, 32 hp (24 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 80 mph (129 km/h; 70 kn)
• Cruise speed: 70 mph (61 kn; 113 km/h)
• Stall speed: 30 mph (26 kn; 48 km/h)
• Range: 210 mi (182 nmi; 338 km)
• Service ceiling: 10,200 ft (3,109 m)
• G limits: +4
• Rate of climb: 300 ft/min (1.5 m/s)

References

Notes

1. Taylor 1989, p. 592

Bibliography

• Taylor, ed. (1989). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0896-9. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)