Aerosport Quail

what is it?

The Aerosport Quail is an ultralight aircraft that was designed for home building by Harris Woods. First offered for sale in 1971, by the end of the decade, 375 sets of plans had been sold, with around 26 aircraft under construction and 10 flying.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• size 340 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

10

role

recreational aircraft

makers

Aerosport

engines

1× Volkswagen

crew

1

wingspan

7.3 m

max take-off weight

340 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

193 km/h

range

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ceiling

3,658 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.