Pietenpol Sky Scout

Last updated
Air Scout
Role amateur-built airplane
National originUnited States
ManufacturerPietenpol
Designer Bernard Pietenpol
First flight1933
Developed from Pietenpol Air Camper

The Pietenpol Sky Scout is a parasol wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Bernard H. Pietenpol. [1]

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Development

The Sky Scout was a lower cost follow-on to the Pietenpol's first homebuilt design, the Pietenpol Air Camper. Using a lower cost Ford Model T engine, rather than the more current Ford Model A engine of the time. The aircraft was redesigned for the heavier, lower power engine by reducing it to a single person aircraft. The new pilot location required a section called a "flop" to be installed, essentially a section of the wing that was hinged up to allow the pilot to stand up when getting into and out of the aircraft. [2]

The aircraft was designed to be built of spruce and plywood. The drawings were published in the 1933 Mechanix Illustrated magazine.

On display

Variants

Specifications (Pietenpol Sky Scout)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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References

  1. Mechanix Illustrated Magazine. 1933.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Sport Aviation. March 1958.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Pietenpol Air Scout". Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  4. Sport Aviation. February 1960.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)