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The Sorrell SNS-2 Guppy is an American single-seat, negative stagger, cabin biplane designed for amateur construction that was produced in kit form by the Sorrell Aircraft Company of Tenino, Washington.

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Design

The SNS-2 Guppy is a wooden-built negative-stagger biplane with a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. Designed to use engines up to 36 hp (27 kW) the kit came with a 32 hp (24 kW) Rotax 377 engine.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
  • Wingspan: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
  • Height: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
  • Wing area: 129 sq ft (12.0 m2)
  • Empty weight: 350 lb (159 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 377 piston aircraft engine, 32 hp (24 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 80 mph (129 km/h; 70 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 70 mph (113 km/h; 61 kn)
  • Stall speed: 30 mph (48 km/h; 26 kn)
  • Range: 210 mi (182 nmi; 338 km)
  • Service ceiling: 10,200 ft (3,100 m)
  • g limits: +4
  • Rate of climb: 300 ft/min (1.5 m/s)

    • References

    Sorrell Guppy Wikipedia
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