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| A small number of ultra-light aircraft were built by
Dart Aircraft Ltd at Dunstable, Bedfordshire, in 1936.
The first was the single-seat pusher type Pup, initially
refelTed to as the Dunstable Dart when the company
was still known as Zander & Weyl Ltd.
| Eric, e-mail, 20.10.2012 16:31 could you please tell me the CofG of the Dart Pup
Thanks reply | | Terrence I. Murphy, e-mail, 09.02.2012 18:35 The Dart Pup was a British single-seat ultralight monoplane designed and built by Zander and Weyl. The Pup was a single-seat parasol wing monoplane with an Ava flat-four pusher engine mounted on the wing trailing edge. The wings could be folded back for storage. The Pup registered G-AELR first flew in July 1936. In 1937 the Pup was fitted with a 36 hp (27 kW) Bristol Cherub engine, a taller landing gear and a modified rudder. In August 1938 it crashed and was destroyed on takeoff.
General characteristics
• Crew: 1
• Length: 19 ft 8½ in (6.01 m)
• Wingspan: 29 ft 7½ in (9.03 m)
• Wing area: 114 ft2 (10.59 m2)
• Empty weight: 485 lb (220 kg)
• Gross weight: 705 lb (320 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Ava 4a-00 flat-four piston engine, 27 hp (20 kW)
Performance
• Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km /h)
• Cruise speed: 62 mph (100 km /h) reply |
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