Hovey set out to create the lightest aircraft to carry a person ever to fly, with the resulting design being a biplane, with a plywood  box filled with Polyurethane foam serving as the fuselage, supporting the  pilot's seat. The aircraft features a conventional fabric-covered empennage  carried at the end of a short tailboom made of aluminum tube. The horizontal  stabilizer is made from reinforced cardboard. Early versions used wing warping  for roll control, while later models used full-span ailerons. The specified  pusher configuration powerplant is a McCulloch chainsaw engine turning a hand-carved  wooden propeller via a chain drive.

 

  

 

  

   General characteristics

  

  Crew: one

  Length: 14 ft (4.3 m)

  Wingspan: 17 ft (5.2 m)

  Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

  Wing area: 98 sq ft (9.1 m2)

  Empty weight: 122 lb (55 kg)

  Gross weight: 300 lb (136 kg)

  Fuel capacity: 0.5 U.S. gallons (1.9 L; 0.42 imp gal)

  Powerplant: 1 × McCulloch MAC-101 chain saw engine, 12.5 hp (9.3 kW)

  Propellers: 2-bladed hand carved wooden propeller

  

  Performance

  

  Maximum speed: 50 mph (80 km/h; 43 kn)

  Cruise speed: 40 mph (64 km/h; 35 kn)

  Stall speed: 26 mph (42 km/h; 23 kn)

  Range: 20 mi (17 nmi; 32 km)

  Service ceiling: 4,000 ft (1,200 m)

  g limits: +3/-3

  Rate of climb: 100 ft/min (0.51 m/s)

   

   CD driven menu!

       

   

  You get plans to build the Whing Ding, pictures of the build and different  aspects of the airplane.

     

   Plus you also get!

   Software

     Aeronautical Screen Savers

     Wind Tunnel Plans

       

   

   

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