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Top speed
  
407 km/h

Wingspan
  
6.56 m

Length
  
6.4 m

First flight
  
2000

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The Team Rocket F1 Rocket is a two-seat sportplane designed in Czech Republic by International High Performance Aircraft and marketed as a kit for amateur construction by Team Rocket of Texas, United States.

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Development and design

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The F1 Rocket is a tandem two-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane built mainly in Aluminium. The Rocket has a fixed conventional landing gear with a tailwheel. Designed to be built with a range of nose-mounted engines between 235 and 350 hp (175 and 224 kW) the prototype has a Lycoming IO-540 with a three-bladed propeller. The F1 has tandem seating for two with a rear-sliding canopy and a fixed windscreen. The prototype first flew in the United States in November 2000 and by 2003 seven others had flown. By 2014, over 80 had flown.

Variants

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F1 Rocket
Tandem-seat variant
F1 Evo
Evolutionary variant design, powered by a 350 hp (261 kW) Continental IO-550, giving a cruise speed of 240 mph (386 km/h) and a rate of climb of 3445 fpm (17.5 m/s).

Specifications (F1 Rocket)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2003-04

General characteristics

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  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 21 ft 0 in (6.40 m)
  • Wingspan: 21 ft 6 in (6.56 m)
  • Wing area: 106.0 sq ft (9.85 m2)
  • Empty weight: 1,199 lb (544 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,000 lb (907 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-540 Flat-six piston engine, 260 hp (190 kW)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed

    • Performance

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  • Maximum speed: 253 mph; 220 kn (407 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 230 mph; 200 kn (370 km/h) 75% Power
  • Stall speed: 54 mph; 47 kn (87 km/h)
  • Range: 1,150 mi; 999 nmi (1,850 km) 55% Power
  • Rate of climb: 3,500 ft/min (18 m/s)

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    References

    Team Rocket F1 Rocket Wikipedia
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