Preferred browsers: Google Chrome, FireFox, or Microsoft Edge A popular and successful design in its own right, the EAA Biplane was also the forerunner of EAA’s popular Acro Sport series of aerobatic homebuilts.In 1955, EAA founder Paul Poberezny was looking for a new design for a sporty-looking, open cockpit biplane for homebuilders. This photo is copyright protected and may not be used in any way without proper permission. Both military and civil versions Stewart and three other Allison engineers agreed to design an airplane and draw a set of plans. Further test flights in November were much more successful and with a modified cowling to improve engine cooling and a new metal propeller, the airplane performed pretty much as its designers intended.The EAA Biplane was then moved to EAA headquarters in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, for more modifications and testing. Many schools and EAA members expressed interest in Project Schoolflight, but only a few class projects were ever undertaken, and the program was discontinued in the late 1980s.
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Our large helicopter section. Such projects, Paul reasoned, would teach a variety of basic, practical skills in woodworking, metal shaping, welding, aircraft rigging, fabric covering, and painting, while introducing students to aviation hobbies and careers.
Several EAA members completed these modifications in time to unveil the completed prototype at the 1961 EAA convention at Rockford, Illinois.
Views Paul and other EAA members suggested other changes to improve the airplane, including a larger 85-hp engine, new instrument panel, smaller cockpit opening, redesigned engine and fuselage cowlings, and the addition of a propeller hub spinner. 713
Airport overviews from the air or ground 378 / 43.5M The design was produced for the EAA by a team of Allison engineers led by EAA member Jim D. Stewart. At the time, Stewart was an aeronautical engineer at the famed Allison Engine Company in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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These included a redesigned horizontal stabilizer and the addition of two degrees of incidence in the upper wing.
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