Aerosport Rail

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General information
Type Ultralight aircraft
Manufacturer Aerosport
Designer
Harris Woods
Number builtunknown
History
First flight14 November 1970

The Aerosport Rail is an American minimalist ultralight aircraft, designed by Harris Woods and built by Aerosport Inc. The aircraft was first flown on 14 November 1970.

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Design and development

The Rail is little more than a 2 by 5 inch squared aluminium tube (rail) with all-metal wings and a T-tail. The pilot sits on the tube, just ahead of and above the wings. [1] Two small two-cycle engines derated to 25 hp (19 kW) are mounted on struts behind the seat on either side of centerline, driving pusher propellers. Individual 4 U.S. gallons (15 L; 3.3 imp gal) fiberglass fuel tanks are mounted in front of each engine. About 175 sets of plans were sold between 1970 and 1977. The follow-on design, the Aerosport Quail uses the Rail's wing design for an enclosed tractor configuration homebuilt aircraft. [2]

Specifications

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. Air Trails: 74. Summer 1971.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  2. "The New Aerosport Quail". Sport Aviation. March 1972.