Kinner Playboy

Design and development

The Playboy was a two-seat (side-by-side) sporting monoplane designed by Max B. Harlow and built by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in 1933. Originally built with an enclosed cockpit the sole R was modified to have an open cockpit as the Kinner R-1 Playboy. Production aircraft were designated Kinner R-5 Playboy. one of the 12 built being supplied to the China Aviation Assn (Shanghai), fitted with a 210 hp (157 kW) Kinner C-5 engine.

Variants

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Kinner R Playboy

The original closed cockpit version of the Playboy.

Kinner R-1 Playboy

The r modified to have an open cockpit.

Kinner R-5 Playboy

The production version with enclosed cockpit, 12 aircraft were built.

Specifications (R-5)

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General characteristics

Crew: 2

Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)

Wingspan: 32 ft 9 in (9.98 m)

Gross weight: 809 lb (367 kg)

Powerplant: 1 × Kinner R-5 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 160 hp (120 kW)

Propellers: 2-bladed metal propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 138 mph (222 km/h; 120 kn)

Cruise speed: 125 mph (109 kn; 201 km/h)

Stall speed: 55 mph (48 kn; 89 km/h)

Range: 600 mi (521 nmi; 966 km)

Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,267 m)