The W-3 Bantam is a simple single place, homebuilt aircraft design from Bill Warwick of Torrance, California.[1]
| W-3 Bantam | |
|---|---|
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Bill Warwick |
| First flight | June 1966 |
| Introduction | 1966 |
Design
editThe W-3 is a single place tricycle gear, low wing aircraft with an open cockpit or bubble canopy. Construction is all metal with a welded-steel-tube forward fuselage with attachment points for the wing spars and engine mount. The fuselage uses non-compound curves and features a square vertical stabilizer[2]
Operational history
editThe prototype was featured on the cover of the May 1972 issue of Popular Mechanics.[3]
Specifications (W-3 Bantam)
editData from Plane and Pilot
General characteristics
- Length: 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
- Wingspan: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
- Empty weight: 535 lb (243 kg)
- Gross weight: 790 lb (358 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 11.5 U.S. gallons (44 L; 9.6 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-145B Horizontally Opposed Piston
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 kn (140 mph, 230 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 100 kn (115 mph, 185 km/h)
- Stall speed: 45 kn (52 mph, 84 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
References
edit- ^ Air Trails: 77. Winter 1971.
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- ^ Popular Mechanics. May 1972.
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