The P-5 Pober Sport is an early low-wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Experimental Aircraft Association founder Paul Poberezny. The one example built was flown across the country to every EAA chapter at the time.
| Poberezny P-5 Pober Sport | |
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| P-5 Pober Sport on display | |
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Designer | Paul Poberezny, Norm Poberezney, Ron Duhamel |
| First flight | 7 July 1959 |
| Number built | 1 |
Design and development edit
The first drawings of the Pober Sport were published in the November 1956 issue of the experimenter.[1]
The Pober Sport is a strut-braced, low-wing, taildragger aircraft.
The fuselage is a modification of the Ace Baby Ace. The landing gear is from a J-3 Cub. The fabric covered aluminium wings are from a high-wing Luscombe Aircraft design. The elevators are controlled with push-pull tubes.[2]
Operational history edit
The Pober Sport was introduced at the 1959 EAA convention. During the sourcing of the parts, Poberezny used a C-47 to pick up the Luscome wings, and started work on the ailerons while in-flight.[3] Anders "Andy" Ljungberg later toured the United States on a 72 stop tour with the aircraft to visit every EAA chapter in the country. The tour was broadcast and monitored by amateur radio operators along the route.[4] The aircraft was donated to the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1975.[5]
Specifications (Poberezney P-5 Pober Sport) edit
Data from Experimenter
General characteristics
- Capacity: 1
- Length: 18 ft 1 in (5.51 m)
- Wingspan: 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m)
- Height: 6 ft (1.8 m)
- Wing area: 88 sq ft (8.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 570 lb (259 kg)
- Gross weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 18 US gallons (68 litres)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 , 85 hp (63 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 110 kn (130 mph, 210 km/h)
- Wing loading: 10.2 lb/sq ft (50 kg/m2)
See also edit
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References edit
- ^ Experimenter. November 1956.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Experimenter. November 1957.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Sport Aviation. January 1960.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Sport Aviation. June 1960.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Poberezny P-5 Sport". Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.