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Kreider Reisner Midget

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First flight
  
1926

Manufacturer
  
Kreider-Reisner

The Kreider-Reisner Midget was an American light racing monoplane, the first aircraft designed by the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company of Hagerstown, Maryland.

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Design and development

The Midget was a low-wing racing monoplane powered by a 29 hp (22 kW) Wright-Morehouse engine which first flew in 1926. Designed by Charles W Meyers and engineered by Frederick E. Seiler, Jr., it should not be confused with the Meyers Midget a high-wing monoplane built in the Kreider-Reisner factory for Meyers in the same year. The Midget won the Scientific American Trophy at the 1926 Nationals.

Specifications

Data from www.aerofiles.com

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
  • Wingspan: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Morehouse , 29 hp (22 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 112 mph (180 km/h; 97 kn)
  • Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h; 42 kn)

    • References

    Kreider-Reisner Midget Wikipedia
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