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American homebuilt aircraft
Meadowcroft Chinook
Role Homebuilt aircraftType of aircraft
National origin United States of America
Designer Bill Meadowcroft
First flight 1958
Number built 1

The Meadowcroft Chinook is a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft design first flown in 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.

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)

References

  1. "N2879D". Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  2. Sport Aviation. November 1960. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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