Meadowcroft Chinook
American homebuilt aircraft
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The Meadowcroft Chinook is a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft design first flown in 1958.[1]
| Meadowcroft Chinook | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Designer | Bill Meadowcroft |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1958 |
Development
The Chinook was designed for maximum stability on the ground and the air with a roomy cockpit.
Design
The wing was patterned from the Ace Baby Ace homebuilt. The aircraft is a tricycle geared side-by-side seat mid-winged aircraft with a steeply raked windscreen. Each wing is braced with two small wing struts attached to the lower fuselage. The low rudder is capped with a strut braced horizontal stabilizer in a T-tail arrangement. The main gear is sourced from a Cessna 140. The aircraft can be reconfigured to be towed on its main gear by a vehicle.[2]
Specifications (Meadowcroft Chinook)
Data from Sport Aviation
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Airfoil: NACA 23012
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-90-12F , 90 hp (67 kW)
- Propellers: <2!-- propeller aircraft -->-bladed McCaulley
Performance
- Cruise speed: 109 kn (125 mph, 201 km/h)