Davis DA-5

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DA-5
RoleSport aircraft
Manufacturer Homebuilt
Designer Leeon D. Davis
First flight22 July 1974

The Davis DA-5, a.k.a. DA-5A, is a single-seat sport aircraft designed in the United States in the 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. Like designer Leeon D. Davis's successful DA-2, it is a low-wing monoplane with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a V-tail, but with a much narrower fuselage accommodating only the pilot, and a lengthened nose. Design work was carried out in 1972, but the prototype was not built until 1974, when it was completed in only 67 days.

Contents

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976–77 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Taylor 1976, pp. 507–508

Source for plans and information on the Davis DA-5 http://davisda2.com