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Mini Hawk Tiger Hawk

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Top speed
  
282 km/h

Length
  
4.04 m

Wingspan
  
5.49 m

First flight
  
1974

The Mini-Hawk TH.E.01 Tiger-Hawk was a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the early 1970s and marketed for home building. It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with a cockpit enclosed by a bubble canopy. The wings were detachable for ease of storage or towing and could be rigged in around ten minutes. The undercarriage was of fixed, tricycle type with spats fitted to the prototype. It was an all-metal construction, and the aircraft could be built from plans or a kit.

Specifications (prototype)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977–78, 546

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Length: 14 ft 3 in (4.04 m)
  • Wingspan: 18 ft 0 in (5.49 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
  • Empty weight: 525 lb (238 kg)
  • Gross weight: 800 lb (362 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × converted Volkswagen automotive engine, 72 hp (53 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 175 mph (282 km/h)
  • Range: 700 miles (1,120 km)
  • Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

    • References

    Mini-Hawk Tiger-Hawk Wikipedia
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