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First flight
  
1961

The Riter Special is an American Homebuilt aircraft design.

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Design and development

The Riter special is a single engine, low wing, single seat, retractable conventional landing gear aircraft. The wings fold upward for ground transport on a trailer. The landing gear is retracted by hand with a worm-gear mechanism.

Specifications (Riter Special)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GPU

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 174 kn; 322 km/h (200 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 148 kn; 274 km/h (170 mph)

    • References

    Ritter Special Wikipedia
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