Kreider-Reisner Midget

Midget
General information
Type	Light racing monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company
Designer	F.E. Seiler assisted by A.H. Kreider and George Hardman
Number built	1
History
First flight	1926

The Kreider-Reisner Midget was an American light racing monoplane, the first aircraft designed by the Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. ^[1]

Design and development

The Midget was a low-wing racing monoplane powered by a 29 hp (22 kW) Wright-Morehouse engine which first flew in 1926. ^[2] Designed by Charles W Meyers and engineered by Frederick E. Seiler, Jr., ^[3] it should not be confused with the Meyers Midget a high-wing monoplane built in the Kreider-Reisner factory for Meyers in the same year. ^[2] The Midget won the Scientific American Trophy at the 1926 Nationals. ^[2]

Specifications

Data from Aerofiles, ^[2] Aero Digest November 1926 ^[4]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
• Wingspan: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
• Height: 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
• Wing area: 55.5 sq ft (5.16 m²)
• Empty weight: 289 lb (131 kg)
• Gross weight: 490 lb (222 kg) with 170 lb (77 kg) load
• Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Morehouse WM-80 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 29 hp (22 kW) at 2,500 rpm ^[5]
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 115 mph (185 km/h, 100 kn)
• Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
• Stall speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn)
• g limits: 9 (ultimate load)
• Wing loading: 8.33 lb/sq ft (40.7 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.058 hp/lb (0.095 kW/kg)
• Fuel consumption: 60 mpg_‑US (72 mpg_‑imp; 26 km/L) at cruise speed

References

1. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 1674.
2. "American airplanes: Ka - Ku". www.aerofiles.com. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
3. "Hagerstown Regional Airport" (PDF). Washington County. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. "Kreider-Reisner "Midget"". Aero Digest. IX (5): 362. November 1926. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Morehouse". www.enginehistory.org. Retrieved 22 March 2020.