The Grega GN-1 Aircamper was a light aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1960s,[2] originally as a personal project of its designer, but later marketed in plans form for homebuilding. John W. Grega initially set out to create a modernised version of the Pietenpol Air Camper using structural components from a Piper Cub but incorporating them into a new fuselage design based on the Pietenpol original.[3] Two wings were designed, one based on the Cub wing, and another as a modernised version of the Pietenpol wing.
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Role | Sports plane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Homebuilt |
Designer | John W. Grega, Elmer Niebecker [1] |
First flight | 1963 |
Specifications (GN-1)
editData from Air Trails
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
- Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
- Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
- Gross weight: 1,129 lb (512 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65-8 , 65 hp (49 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 95 mph (153 km/h, 83 kn)
- Range: 400 mi (640 km, 350 nmi)
- Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
See also
editRelated development
References
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- ^ Air Trails: 78. Summer 1971.
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(help) - ^ Bill Gunston. World encyclopaedia of aircraft manufacturers: from the pioneers to the present day. p. 238.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 432.
- Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 541.