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WH-1 Traveler
Role Two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Wendt Aircraft Engineering
Designer Harold Wendt
First flight 15 March 1972
Number built 1

The Wendt WH-1 Traveler is an American two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft designed by Harold Wendt and built by his company Wendt Aircraft Engineering.[1][2] Plans for the Traveler were available for amateur construction.[2]

Design

The WH-1 Traveler is a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a conventional wooden fuselage, the wing is a constant-cord two-spar structure with ailerons but no flaps.[2] The prototype aircraft is powered by a 75 hp (56 kW) Continental A-75 air-cooled engine driving a metal two-bladed fixed pitch tractor propeller.[2] The Traveler has a fixed tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose-wheel and glassfibre wheel fairings.[2] The pilot and passenger sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit with a port-hinged canopy with transparent panels at each side, it also had stowage behind the rear-seat for 50 lb (23 kg) of baggage.[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2

Performance

References

Notes

  1. ^ Sports Planes. September 1973. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Taylor 1973, p. 458

Bibliography

  • Taylor, ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00117-5. {{cite book}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
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