Davis DA-2

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DA-2
N2366Q Davis DA-2.jpg
RoleCivil utility aircraft
Manufacturer Homebuilt
Designer Leeon D. Davis
First flight21 May 1966
Primary userPrivate pilot owners
Number builtca. 45 by 1985
Davis DA-2 at Airventure 2008. N21TM Davis DA-2.jpg
Davis DA-2 at Airventure 2008.
Davis DA-2A DavisDA2A.jpg
Davis DA-2A

The Davis DA-2 is a light aircraft designed in the United States in the 1960s and was marketed for homebuilding. [1] While it is a low-wing monoplane of largely conventional design with fixed tricycle undercarriage, the DA-2 is given a distinctive appearance by its slab-like fuselage construction and its V-tail. [2] The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side. Construction of the aircraft is sheet aluminum throughout, with the sole compound curves formed a fiberglass cowling and fairings. [3]

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The prototype made its first flight on May 21, 1966, and was exhibited at that year's Experimental Aircraft Association annual fly-in, where it won awards for "most outstanding design" and "most popular aircraft". [4]

A major design consideration was ease of assembly for a first time home aircraft builder. Examples of this include: few curved components, a V-tail is one less control surface to build, and each wing is made from two sheets of aluminum with no trimming involved. [5]

The DA-3 was a single DA-2 enlarged to accommodate four people. Work proceeded through 1973-74, but the aircraft was never completed.

Plans have been intermittently available over the years. They are as of August 2019, available from D2 Aircraft.

Operational history

Examples of the DA-2 have been completed in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and are currently (2015) actively flying in those countries.

Variants

Specifications (typical DA-2)

Data from Popular Mechanics August 1973

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes
  1. Barnett Flight International 22 August 1977 , pp. 534–535
  2. Weeghman, Richard B. (October 1966). "Rockford '66". Flying . Vol. 79 no. 4. pp. 52–53.
  3. Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 41. Winter 1969.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Taylor 1967 , p. 247
  5. 1 2 Davisson, Budd (December 2017). "cubic Efficiency". Sport Aviation.
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