Miller WM-2
| WM-2 | |
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| WM-2 | |
| Role | Sport aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Homebuilt |
| Designer | William Terry Miller |
| First flight | August 1972 |
The Miller WM-2 was a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home building.[1] Although primarily a powered aircraft, the WM-2's high aspect-ratio wings enabled the pilot to stop the engine and soar on thermals as with a sailplane (designer W. Terry Miller's previous projects had been sailplanes).[2]
It was a generally conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy. The undercarriage, however, was a manually retractable monowheel with a tailskid behind it.[2] The fuselage was of wooden construction, covered in plywood and fibreglass, while the wings and tail were built of wood and covered in fabric.[3]
Specifications (prototype)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 548
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Aspect ratio: 11.1
Performance
- Maximum glide ratio: 15
Notes
- ^ Taylor 1989, 675
- ^ a b Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 548
- ^ "The Miller Sport Plane" (PDF). Sport Aviation: 20. May 1973. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
References
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78. London: Jane's Publishing.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.