| Standard | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Paul Bikle's Prue Standard | |
| Role | Glider |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Irving Prue |
| Introduction | 1961 |
| Status | No longer in production |
| Number built | Three |
| Variants | Prue Super Standard |
The Prue Standard is an American high-wing, single-seat, V-tailed, FAI Standard Class glider that was designed by Irving Prue. [1] [2] [3]
The Prue Standard was designed in response to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale introduction of rules creating the Standard Class. The prototype was completed in 1961. [1]
The Standard is an all-metal aircraft with a fixed monowheel landing gear. The prototype originally had wings with a 15 m (49.2 ft) span and dive brakes on the lower wing surface. The wing employs a NACA 63-618 laminar flow airfoil, an I-beam spar and has a semi-tapered planform. [1]
Only three examples were completed, all were different and all have since been modified further. The type was further refined into a new design in 1962, the Prue Super Standard. [1]
Paul Bikle flew the second Standard completed to a world record distance of 557 mi (896 km) in 1963. That flight was the longest ever made by a sailplane up to that date. [1]
The prototype was flown 14,000 mi (22,531 km) cross country and had accumulated more than 850 hours by 1974. [1]
All aircraft were registered as Experimental Amateur-builts . Only one Prue Standard still exists. [2] [3]
Data from Soaring [1]
General characteristics
Performance
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