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Harper Lil Breezy

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Top speed
  
105 km/h

Manufacturer
  
Harper Aircraft

Cruise speed
  
80 km/h

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The Harper Lil Breezy is an American ultralight and light-sport aircraft that was designed by Jack Harper and produced by Harper Aircraft of Jacksonville, Florida. While the company was in business the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

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Design and development

The Lil Breezy was inspired by the similar RLU-1 Breezy and designed to comply with the United States FAR Part 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules in its single place version and also the US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a single-seat or optionally a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit without a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The early Lil Breezy-A is made from welded steel tubing with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. The later "B" model is of aluminium construction, with flying surfaces covered with Dacron sailcloth. Standard engines available included the 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 two-stroke powerplant.

Variants

Lil Breezy-A
Initial model, available as a kit, with a steel tube fuselage.
Lil Breezy-B
Second model, available as a kit or later as a complete aircraft only, with aluminium construction.

Specifications (Lil Breezy-B)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Empty weight: 441 lb (200 kg)
  • Gross weight: 677 lb (307 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, air-cooled, two stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 65 mph; 57 kn (105 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 50 mph; 43 kn (80 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 28 mph; 24 kn (45 km/h)
  • References

    Harper Lil Breezy Wikipedia