Stewart Headwind | |
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Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Stewart Aircraft Corporation |
Designer | Don Stewart |
First flight | 1962 |
Introduction | 1962 |
The Stewart Headwind JD1HW1.7 and SAC-1VW is a single-seat high-wing tube-and-fabric construction homebuilt aircraft. [1]
The first Headwind was flown on March 28, 1962. It was one of the first aircraft to fly in the United States using a VW engine. The prototype flew with a Huggins VW conversion. [2] To use a standard propeller, a patented PRSU (propeller speed reducing unit) was developed to keep the engine RPM high and propeller RPM at its optimum speed. [3]
The design was inspired by the Demoiselle by Alberto Santos-Dumont. [4] The fuselage is triangular sections of welded tube steel covered in fabric.
A Volkswagen air-cooled engine was the only engine specified for this model, however many examples exist with alternate engine installations.
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