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Franklyn Pea Bee

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The Franklyn Pea Bee is an American single place homebuilt aircraft, that was designed in the 1970s.

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Design and development

The Pea Bee is a single place, strut-braced, low wing aircraft with conventional landing gear. The fuselage is all aluminum, the wings are of wooden construction with aluminum skins. The wings are configured with a slight annhedral.

Specifications (Pea Bee)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Wingspan: 18 ft (5.5 m)
  • Empty weight: 700 lb (318 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Franklin Horizontally opposed piston
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

    • Performance

  • Cruise speed: 87 kn; 161 km/h (100 mph)

    • References

    Franklyn Pea Bee Wikipedia
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