H-3 Pegasus
ultralight aircraft, H-3 Pegasus experimental aircraft, H-3 Pegasus experimental light sport aircraft (ELSA), Lightsport Aircraft Pilot News
newsmagazine.
|
Lightsport
Aircraft Pilot is a directory of aircraft that generally fit
into what are described as ultralight aircraft, advanced ultralight
aircraft,
light sport aircraft, experimental light sport aircraft, experimental
aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt
aircraft in the United States and Canada. These include
weight shift aircraft, more commonly known as trikes,
powered parachutes, and powered para-gliders.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
H-3 Pegasus ultralight, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
|
|
Plans/Kit Material/www.aircraftspruce.com/CLASSIC
AERO ENTERPRISES
Bert Howland's H 3 Pegasus single seat ultralight,
experimental, or light sport aircraft.
The H-3 is also a
tube and fabric-covered sportplane with construction methods
comparable to the H-2 biplane. However, instead of strut-
and cable-bracing, the H-3 features a cantilevered wing with
a design G-load of +5 to -3.
It first flew
with an engine of 28 horsepower, but normally is built with
engines in the 40 to 50 horsepower range now.
The clean
configuration gives it a very impressive cruise speed
compared to other very light aircraft. The design won first
place awards in its category at the EAA Sun 'n Fun Fly-in at
Lakeland, Florida in both 1989 and 1990. |
|
|
|
The designer
developed a warbird variant of the H-3 in 1993, based on the
P-40 Warhawk of "Flying Tiger" fame. It was designated
HP-40, but is not offered now as a separate set of plans.
However, H-3 builders who wish to opt for this variant can
receive supplemental drawings to enable them to make the
minor changes.
One of those,
the substitution of tube and fabric wing tips in place of
fiberglass tips on the H-3, is an option that many builders
choose for the standard H-3.
Raw materials
kit available from Aircraft Spruce.
CLASSIC AERO
ENTERPRISES
343 Wrexham Ct.,
Hampton VA 23669 |
|
H-3 Pegasus
Specifications
Airframe
|
|
Wing Span |
25 Feet |
|
Fuselage Length |
15 Feet |
|
Empty Weight |
305 to 345 lbs |
|
Wing Area |
110 Sq Ft |
|
H-3 Pegasus
Power |
|
Engine |
28 to 55 HP |
|
H-3 Pegasus
Performance |
|
Stall Speed
|
30-41 mph |
|
Cruise Speed |
65-80 mph |
|
Top Speed |
80-95 mph |
|
Gross Weight |
555-595 lbs |
|
Design Load @500 lbs
gross wt |
+5, -3.5 |
|
Climb Rate |
500 to 700 fpm |
|
Fuel Capacity |
5 to 7.5 gallons |
|
|
H-3 Pegasus ultralight -
experimental lightsport aircraft |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News Web Magazine.
You may link to these pages or print
them out for your own personal use.
No part of this
publication may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed,
stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer
language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
manual, or otherwise, without the written permission of Light Sport
Aircraft Pilot News.
By copying or paraphrasing the intellectual
property on this site, you're automatically signing a binding contract
and agreeing to be billed $10,000 payable immediately. Copyright Light Sport Aircraft
Pilot News. Email
|
|
