The Kreider-Reisner Midget was an American light racing monoplane, the first aircraft designed by the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company of Hagerstown, Maryland.[1]
| Midget | |
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| Role | Light racing monoplane |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company |
| Designer | F.E. Seiler assisted by A.H. Kreider and George Hardman |
| First flight | 1926 |
| Number built | 1 |
Design and development
editThe Midget was a low-wing racing monoplane powered by a 29 hp (22 kW) Wright-Morehouse engine which first flew in 1926.[2] Designed by Charles W Meyers and engineered by Frederick E. Seiler, Jr.,[3] it should not be confused with the Meyers Midget a high-wing monoplane built in the Kreider-Reisner factory for Meyers in the same year.[2] The Midget won the Scientific American Trophy at the 1926 Nationals.[2]
Specifications
editData from Aerofiles,[2] Aero Digest November 1926[4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
- Wingspan: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
- Height: 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
- Wing area: 55.5 sq ft (5.16 m2)
- Empty weight: 289 lb (131 kg)
- Gross weight: 490 lb (222 kg) with 170 lb (77 kg) load
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Morehouse WM-80 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 29 hp (22 kW) at 2,500 rpm[5]
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
- Stall speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn)
- g limits: 9 (ultimate load)
- Wing loading: 8.33 lb/sq ft (40.7 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.058 hp/lb (0.095 kW/kg)
- Fuel consumption: 60 mpg‑US (72 mpg‑imp; 26 km/L) at cruise speed
References
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- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 1674.
- ^ a b c d "American airplanes: Ka - Ku". www.aerofiles.com. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ "Hagerstown Regional Airport" (PDF). Washington County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- ^ "Kreider-Reisner "Midget"". Aero Digest. IX (5): 362. November 1926. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "Morehouse". www.enginehistory.org. Retrieved 22 March 2020.