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The Scott Ol' Ironsides is an early homebuilt aircraft using wood construction with stressed fiberglass panel construction.

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Design

Ol' Ironsides is a strut-braced high-wing aircraft with conventional landing gear arrangement. The wooden fuselage is made of Sitka Spruce. Fiberglass composite skins were formed in 4 x 8 sheets using two layers of cloth with resin over a waxed Masonite table. The landing gear legs, fuel tank, wink tips, wheel pants, and cowling were also formed out of fibre-glass. Scott integrated elements of the Bowers Fly Baby and Champion J-1 Jupiter construction with the Wittman Tailwind airfoil and general layout into the design.

Operational history

Construction of the aircraft was started in the mid-1960s starting with a model rather than a drawing. Ol' Ironsides first flew on 22 November 1969 with a Continental C-85 engine sourced from a Cessna 140. In 1985 the prototype aircraft was restored and re-engined with an Continental O-200 and Sterba wooden propeller.

Specifications (Ol' Ironsides)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 17 ft (5.2 m)
  • Wingspan: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
  • Wing area: 79.2 sq ft (7.36 m2)
  • Empty weight: 720 lb (327 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,125 lb (510 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 18 gal
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 4-cyl. horizontally opposed piston engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental O-200 4-cyl. horizontally opposed piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)

    • Performance

  • Cruise speed: 117 kn; 217 km/h (135 mph) , 145 mph (233 km/h) with O-200
  • Stall speed: 48 kn; 89 km/h (55 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)

    • Avionics
    Terra Radio, Flybuddy Loran

    References

    Scott Ol' Ironsides Wikipedia
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