RagWing RW9 Motor Bipe

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RagWing RW9 Motor Bipe
Role Ultralight aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Ragwing Aircraft Designs
DesignerRoger Mann
First flight1995
StatusPlans available
Number built1 (RW9 - January 1999)
Unit cost
US$50 (plans only, 2010)

The RagWing RW9 Motor Bipe is a family of single seat, open-frame fuselage, open-cockpit, single engine ultralight aircraft designed by Roger Mann and sold as plans by RagWing Aircraft Designs for amateur construction. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Design and development

The RW9 was designed as an FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles compliant biplane that would have an empty weight within that category's 254 lb (115 kg) empty weight limit. The RW9 achieves its light weight in part due to its completely open-frame tube fuselage. [1] [2] [3]

The RW9's wings are constructed entirely from wood and covered with aircraft fabric. The fuselage is a fastened aluminum tube truss construction. The landing gear is of conventional configuration. The aircraft's installed power range is 22 to 52 hp (16 to 39 kW) and the standard engine is the 38 hp (28 kW) Kawasaki 440A installed in tractor configuration. The 35 hp (26 kW) 2si 460 has also been used. [1] [2] [3]

The RW9 is available only as plans and reported construction time is 150–175 hours. [1] [2] [3]

The same basic airframe design was also used to produce the parasol wing RagWing RW16 Aerial. [5]

Variants

RW9 Motor Bipe
Open-frame fuselage, open-cockpit ultralight biplane first flown in 1995 and powered by a 38 hp (28 kW) Kawasaki 440A or a 35 hp (26 kW) 2si 460. [1] [2] [3]
RW16 Aerial
Open-frame fuselage, open-cockpit ultralight parasol wing aircraft, powered by a 35 hp (26 kW) Kawasaki 340. [5]

Specifications (RW9)

Data from Kitplanes, Purdy and RagWing [1] [2] [3]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, page 233. BAI Communications. ISBN   0-9636409-4-1
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Downey, Julia: 1999 Plans Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 66. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 RagWing Aircraft Designs (2006). "RW9 Motor Bipe" . Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. RagWing Aircraft Designs (2006). "RagWing Price List" . Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  5. 1 2 RagWing Aircraft Designs (2006). "RW16 RagWing Aerial" . Retrieved 5 January 2011.