| A small number of ultra-light aircraft were built by
Dart Aircraft Ltd at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, in 1936.
The first was the single-seat pusher type Pup, initially
refelTed to as the Dunstable Dart when the company
was still known as Zander & Weyl Ltd.
Eric, e-mail, 20.10.2012 16:31 could you please tell me the CofG of the Dart Pup Thanks reply | Terrence I. Murphy, e-mail, 09.02.2012 18:35 The Dart Pup was a British single-seat ultralight monoplane designed and built by Zander and Weyl. The Pup was a single-seat parasol wing monoplane with an Ava flat-four pusher engine mounted on the wing trailing edge. The wings could be folded back for storage. The Pup registered G-AELR first flew in July 1936. In 1937 the Pup was fitted with a 36 hp (27 kW) Bristol Cherub engine, a taller landing gear and a modified rudder. In August 1938 it crashed and was destroyed on takeoff. General characteristics � Crew: 1 � Length: 19 ft 8� in (6.01 m) � Wingspan: 29 ft 7� in (9.03 m) � Wing area: 114 ft2 (10.59 m2) � Empty weight: 485 lb (220 kg) � Gross weight: 705 lb (320 kg) � Powerplant: 1 � Ava 4a-00 flat-four piston engine, 27 hp (20 kW) Performance � Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km /h) � Cruise speed: 62 mph (100 km /h) reply |
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