| Pasped Skylark | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | Two-seat cabin monoplaneType of aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Pasped Aircraft Company |
| First flight | 1935 |
| Status | airworthy in 2010 |
| Primary user | private pilot owner |
| Number built | 1 |
The Pasped W-1 Skylark is a 1930s American two-seat single-engined cabin monoplane designed and built by the Pasped Aircraft Company of Glendale, California.
Design and development
The Skylark is a braced low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It is powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine. The enclosed cockpit has side-by-side seating for two. It has a welded steel fuselage and wooden wings. With other two-seat aircraft of the era having a better performance on smaller engines the Skylark did not enter production. The sole example was currently airworthy in February 2010 with an owner in Versailles, Missouri.
Specifications
Data from and
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft 11 in (10.95 m)
- Height: 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
- Wing area: 187 sq ft (17.4 m)
- Empty weight: 1,288 lb (584 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,885 lb (855 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Warner Scarab radial engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 139 mph (224 km/h, 121 kn)
- Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
- Minimum control speed: 35 mph (56 km/h, 30 kn)
- Range: 475 mi (764 km, 413 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
References
Notes
- ^ Orbis 1985, p. 2693
- "American airplanes - Pa - Pi". www.aerofiles.com. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- Green, William (1956). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd.
Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.