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First flight
  
June 1938

Manufacturer
  
Taylor Watkinson Aircraft Company

The Watkinson Dingbat was a 1930s British ultralight monoplane designed by E.T. Watkinson and C.W. Taylor.

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Design and development

The Dingbat, otherwise known as the Taylor Watkinson Ding-Bat, was a low-wing monoplane powered by a 30 hp (22 kW) Carden-Ford engine. It had a single-seat open cockpit and a fixed conventional landing gear. It was built at Teddington in Middlesex and registered G-AFJA it was first flown at Heston Aerodrome in June 1938.

It was stored during the Second World War, but restored to flying condition in 1959. After a crash in 1975, it was rebuilt, and was still registered in 2010.

Specifications

Data from British Civil Aircraft since 1919

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
  • Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
  • Wing area: 125 sq ft (11.6 m2)
  • Empty weight: 460 lb (209 kg)
  • Gross weight: 700 lb (318 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Carden Ford water-cooled 4-cylinder piston engine, 32 hp (24 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h; 78 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 80 mph (129 km/h; 70 kn)
  • Stall speed: 39 mph (63 km/h; 34 kn)
  • Range: 200 mi (174 nmi; 322 km)

    • References

    Watkinson Dingbat Wikipedia
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