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Whitcraft Model 165

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Top speed
  
192 km/h

Length
  
5.33 m

Wingspan
  
7.21 m

Manufacturer
  
Whitcraft Corporation

Whitcraft Model 165

The Whitcraft Model 165 was an American single-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft designed by M. Whittenberg and built by him over a ten-year period, first flying in 1965.

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Design

The Model 165 is a strut-braced, low-wing monoplane with a welded steel-tube fuselage with a fabric covering. The wing is a conventional light alloy structure with a fabric covering with vee-bracing strut on each side, ailerons but no flaps. The aircraft is powered by a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A-65 air-cooled engine driving a two-bladed fixed-pitch tractor propeller. The pilot has an enclosed cockpit with a rearward-sliding transparent canopy, the landing gear is a fixed tailwheel type.

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)
  • Wingspan: 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
  • Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
  • Wing area: 88 ft2 (8.18 m2)
  • Empty weight: 606 lb (274 kg)
  • Gross weight: 930 lb (421 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-65 four-cylinder, horizontally opposed and air-cooled piston, 65 hp (48 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 120 mph (192 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 100 mph (161 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 60 mph (97 km/h)
  • Range: 250 miles (402 km)
  • Service ceiling: 9000 ft (2745 m)
  • Rate of climb: 400 ft/min ( m/s)

    • References

    Whitcraft Model 165 Wikipedia
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