Alvarez Polliwagen

Polliwagen
General information
Type	Homebuilt aircraft
Designer	Joseph Alvarez

The Alvarez Polliwagen is a 1970s homebuilt aircraft. The aircraft has a combination of many high performance features not typically found in a Volkswagen air-cooled engine-powered homebuilt. ^[1]

Design and development

The Polliwagen is a low wing, side-by-side configuration, T tailed, tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft with tip tanks. The aircraft was developed and tested with a one quarter scale radio controlled model. ^[2] Ailerons and flaps are full span. The fuselage is built from composites with foam cores. The aircraft's engine is configured with a turbocharger and constant speed propeller. ^[3] Entrance is through a swing up canopy. ^[4]

Specifications (Polliwagen)

Data from Plane and Pilot ^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 16 ft (4.9 m)
• Wingspan: 26 ft (7.9 m)
• Airfoil: Wortmann FX-67-K-150
• Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,250 lb (567 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 19 U.S. gallons (72 L; 16 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Revmaster R-2100D horizontally opposed piston, 78 hp (58 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed two-position constant-speed Maloof metal propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 220 kn (250 mph, 400 km/h)
• Cruise speed: 160 kn (180 mph, 290 km/h)
• Stall speed: 33 kn (38 mph, 61 km/h)
• Range: 1,000 nmi (1,200 mi, 1,900 km)
• Service ceiling: 28,000 ft (8,500 m)
• Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Colomban MC-100
• Dyn'Aéro MCR01
• Lancair 320

References

1. David E. Pullmann. Acceptance of Mediocrity. p. 197.
2. "none". Flight International. 22 August 1977.
3. "Polliwagen" . Retrieved 20 January 2025.
4. "none". Popular Mechanics: 77. January 1980.