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Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1

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Manufacturer
  
Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company

The Great Plains Aircraft Easy Eagle is a single seat homebuilt aircraft biplane powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine.

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Design and development

The Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 was designed by Ron Grosso, The production rights were sold to Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company.

The Easy Eagle 1 is built with a steel tube fuselage that is fabric covered. The wings are all wooden construction. It uses the same one piece, all-aluminum landing gear as the Monnett Sonerai uses.

The Easy Eagle is built from plans, there is no kit available.

Variants

Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 2
Two seat version

Specifications (Easy Eagle)

Data from Great Plains

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
  • Wingspan: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
  • Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.4 m2)
  • Empty weight: 454 lb (206 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 12 gallons
  • Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen air-cooled engine flat-4, 65 hp (48 kW)

    • Performance

  • Cruise speed: 83 kn; 153 km/h (95 mph)
  • Stall speed: 39 kn; 72 km/h (45 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)

    • References

    Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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