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Ray Stits designed 14 different homebuilt aircraft kits that were some of the first available to the general public built in quantity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Students Restore Sky Coupe|url=http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-01-28_students.asp|accessdate=27 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122113404/http://eaa.org/news/2010/2010-01-28_students.asp|archive-date=22 November 2010|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Stits is also known to the general public as the maker of the [[Stits Junior]], [[Stits SA-2A Sky Baby]],<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Popular Mechanics|author=Hearst Magazines|title=Seven Foot Airplane Flies 150 Miles Per Hour|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA117|date=September 1952|publisher=Hearst Magazines|page=117}}</ref> and [[Stits Baby Bird]], each of which was once the world's smallest aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Stits|url=http://www.fraseraerotechnologycompany.com/Ray_Stits_Aircraft.html|accessdate=27 December 2010}}</ref> Engineer [[Harold Dale]] assisted in the certification process after completing his [[Dale Weejet 800]].<ref>{{cite journal|magazine=Sport Aviation|date=May 1959}}</ref> |
Ray Stits designed 14 different homebuilt aircraft kits that were some of the first available to the general public built in quantity.<ref>{{cite web|title=Students Restore Sky Coupe|url=http://www.eaa.org/news/2010/2010-01-28_students.asp|accessdate=27 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122113404/http://eaa.org/news/2010/2010-01-28_students.asp|archive-date=22 November 2010|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Stits is also known to the general public as the maker of the [[Stits Junior]], [[Stits SA-2A Sky Baby]],<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Popular Mechanics|author=Hearst Magazines|title=Seven Foot Airplane Flies 150 Miles Per Hour|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA117|date=September 1952|publisher=Hearst Magazines|page=117}}</ref> and [[Stits Baby Bird]], each of which was once the world's smallest aircraft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray Stits|url=http://www.fraseraerotechnologycompany.com/Ray_Stits_Aircraft.html|accessdate=27 December 2010}}</ref> Engineer [[Harold Dale]] assisted in the certification process after completing his [[Dale Weejet 800]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Trefethen|first=Joan|title=The ‘Weejet’|magazine=Sport Aviation|date=May 1959|pages=4-5}}</ref> |
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The Skycoupe was provided as a kit with a pre-fabricated steel tube fuselage. The surfaces are fabric covered. The aircraft was designed to accommodate engines ranging from {{convert|60|to|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. |
The Skycoupe was provided as a kit with a pre-fabricated steel tube fuselage. The surfaces are fabric covered. The aircraft was designed to accommodate engines ranging from {{convert|60|to|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. |
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| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Stits Aircraft |
| Designer | Ray Stits, Harold Dale |
| First flight | 1957 |
| Introduction | 1957 |
The Stits SA-7 Skycoupe is a two-seat, side-by-side seating, high wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Ray Stits.[1]
Design
Ray Stits designed 14 different homebuilt aircraft kits that were some of the first available to the general public built in quantity.[2] Stits is also known to the general public as the maker of the Stits Junior, Stits SA-2A Sky Baby,[3] and Stits Baby Bird, each of which was once the world's smallest aircraft.[4] Engineer Harold Dale assisted in the certification process after completing his Dale Weejet 800.[5]
The Skycoupe was provided as a kit with a pre-fabricated steel tube fuselage. The surfaces are fabric covered. The aircraft was designed to accommodate engines ranging from 60 to 90 hp (45 to 67 kW).
Variants
- SA-7A
- SA-7B
- Powered by a Continental C85
- SA-7C
- SA-7D
- Updated with a squared off swept tail configuration.
- SA-9A
- A type certificated version.
Specifications Stits SA-7 Skycoupe
Data from Experimenter
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
- Wingspan: 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m)
- Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m2)
- Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,080 lb (490 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 17 US gallons (64 litres)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 , 65 hp (48 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 87 kn (100 mph, 160 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 78 kn (90 mph, 140 km/h)
- Stall speed: 30 kn (35 mph, 56 km/h)
- Range: 260 nmi (300 mi, 480 km)
- Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 9 lb/sq ft (44 kg/m2)
See also
Related development
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stits SA-7 Skycoupe.
- ^ Leo J. Kohn (Feb 1957). "The Latest in the Stits Line". experimenter.
- ^ "Students Restore Sky Coupe". Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Hearst Magazines (September 1952). "Seven Foot Airplane Flies 150 Miles Per Hour". Popular Mechanics. Hearst Magazines. p. 117.
- ^ "Ray Stits". Retrieved 27 December 2010.
- ^ Trefethen, Joan (May 1959). "The 'Weejet'". Sport Aviation: 4–5.