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First flight
  
1933

The Carpenter Special, also called Little Dea Dea, is an early homebuilt biplane design.

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Design and development

The Carpenter Special was a custom homebuilt design from Wilbur Staib, built for M. Carpenter in Joplin, Missouri in 1933.

The Carpenter Special is an open cockpit biplane with conventional landing gear. The fuselage is made of welded steel tube and the wings use wooden spars and wing ribs, all with fabric covering. The aircraft was built with a Continental A-50 powerplant, but was re-engined in 1949 with a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab, then with a Continental C-85 engine of 85 hp (63 kW).

Specifications (Carpenter Special)

Data from Experimenter

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
  • Upper wingspan: 21 ft (6.4 m)
  • Lower wingspan: 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m)
  • Airfoil: Clark Y
  • Fuel capacity: 24 US gal (91 l; 20 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85-12 horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 96 kn; 177 km/h (110 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 87 kn; 161 km/h (100 mph)
  • Stall speed: 56 kn; 105 km/h (65 mph)

    • References

    Carpenter Special Wikipedia
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