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Miller WM 2

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Top speed
  
219 km/h

Length
  
6.1 m

Wingspan
  
12 m

First flight
  
August 1972

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The Miller WM-2 was a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home building. Although primarily a powered aircraft, the WM-2's high aspect-ratio wings enabled the pilot to stop the engine and soar on thermals as with a sailplane (designer W. Terry Miller's previous projects had been sailplanes).

It was a generally conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy. The undercarriage, however, was a manually retractable monowheel with a tailskid behind it. The fuselage was of wooden construction, covered in plywood and fibreglass, while the wings and tail were built of wood and covered in fabric.

Specifications (prototype)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 548

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
  • Wingspan: 40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
  • Height: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
  • Aspect ratio: 11.1
  • Wing profile: Modified NACA laminar-flow sections
  • Empty weight: 775 lb (351 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,050 lb (476 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65, 65 hp (49 kW)
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 136 mph (219 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 120 mph ( km/h)
  • Range: 336 miles (540 km)
  • Service ceiling: 24,000 ft (7,300 m)
  • Maximum glide ratio: 15
  • Rate of climb: 890 ft/min (4.5 m/s)
  • References

    Miller WM-2 Wikipedia