Bishop RB-1 Ray's Rebel

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RB-1 Ray's Rebel
RoleTwo-seat homebuilt light aircraft
National originUnited States
DesignerRay Bishop
First flight28 March 1970
Number built1

The RB-1 Ray's Rebel is an American two-seat light sporting aircraft designed and built by Ray Bishop of Norton, Ohio. [1]

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Design and development

The Ray's Rebel is a braced low-wing monoplane with a welded steel-tube fuselage covered in fabric. [1] The wing is an all-wood construction covered with Ceconite, it has endplates on the wing tips and frise-type ailerons but has no flaps or trim tabs. [1] Ray's Rebel is powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-290-G air-cooled piston engine driving a two-bladed fixed pitch tractor propeller. [1] The landing gear is a fixed tailwheel type with a glassfibre fairing over the wheel. [1] The enclosed cockpit has two side-by-side configuration seats under a rearward-sliding canopy. [1] Bishop started designing the aircraft in October 1954 and started construction in February 1955, fifteen years later it was completed and now registered N971RB. Roy's Rebel first flew on 28 March 1970. [1]

Specifications

Data fromJane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taylor 1973, p. 271

Bibliography

  • Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1973). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74. London, United Kingdom: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN   0-354-00117-5.