Baker Supercat

Design and development

The Baker Supercat is a low-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an ultralight aircraft and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.

Operational history

In 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415 airfoil and an inverted 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded Grand Champion Light Plane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.

Variants

Baker Bobcat

Ultralight version powered by a KFM 107 engine and without wing struts

Baker Supercat

Development version

Specifications (Baker Supercat)

Data from Sport Aviation, Ultralight News

General characteristics

Crew: one

Length: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)

Wingspan: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)

Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m²)

Empty weight: 325 lb (147 kg)

Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal)

Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 Twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)

Performance

Cruise speed: 65 kn; 121 km/h (75 mph)

Stall speed: 26 kn; 48 km/h (30 mph)

Never exceed speed: 83 kn; 153 km/h (95 mph)

Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)