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Culp special v2 0
The Culp Special is an American aerobatic homebuilt aircraft designed and produced by Culp's Specialties of Shreveport, Louisiana. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.
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- Culp special v2 0
- Mini culp special
- Design and development
- Operational history
- Specifications Culp Special
- References
Mini culp special
Design and development
The Culp Special is intended to resemble aircraft of the 1930s. It features a wire and strut-braced biplane layout, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with dual windshields, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing and wood, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 24.00 ft (7.3 m) span wing has a wing area of 161 sq ft (15.0 m2). The standard engine used is the Russian 360 hp (268 kW) Vedeneyev M14P nine cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke radial engine.
The Culp Special has a typical empty weight of 1,480 lb (670 kg) and a gross weight of 2,100 lb (950 kg), giving a useful load of 620 lb (280 kg). With full fuel of 70 U.S. gallons (260 L; 58 imp gal) the payload for pilot, passengers and baggage is 200 lb (91 kg).
The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied kit as 2500 hours.
Operational history
By 1998 the company reported that one aircraft was flying.
In December 2016 three examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration and one in Canada with Transport Canada.
Specifications (Culp Special)
Data from AeroCrafter and Culp's Specialties
General characteristics
Performance