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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Rutan VariViggen Canopy SNF Setup FLAirMuse 27March2010 (14443678698): Valder137· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Rutan VariViggen RSideFront SNF Setup FLAirMuse 27March2010 (14629827952): Valder137· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Rutan VariViggen: Bill Abbott· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Rutan VariViggen is a homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan. The aircraft is a tandem two-seater of primarily wooden construction with a delta wing and a canard foreplane. The VariViggen is powered by a 150 hp Lycoming O-320 aero engine in pusher configuration.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · retractable tricycle gear · 5.8 m wingspan
base stats
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
- First flew 54 years ago, in 1972.
- Top speed is 2.0× 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
- 1972-05
- number built
- 20
- role
- homebuilt light aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Rutan Aircraft Factory
- engines
- 1× Lycoming O-320-A2A / O-320-A
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 5.8 m
- wingspan
- 5.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 771 kg
- top speed
- 262 km/h
- cruise speed
- 241 km/h
- range
- 643 km
- ceiling
- 4,267 m
- wings
- canard
- landing gear
- retractable tricycle gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1583082, Wikipedia: Rutan VariViggen (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.