The Great Plains Aircraft Easy Eagle is a single seat homebuilt biplane, powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine.
Design and development
The Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 was designed by Ron Grosso, the production rights were sold to Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company.
The Easy Eagle 1 is built with a steel tube fuselage that is fabric covered. The wings are all wooden construction. It uses the same one piece, all-aluminum landing gear as the Monnett Sonerai uses.
The Easy Eagle is built from plans, there is no kit available, although Great Plains supplies some sub-assemblies. The estimated time to complete the aircraft from the plans is 300-500 hours.<ref name="WDLA15">
Variants
- Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 2
- Two seat version
Specifications (Easy Eagle)
Data from Great Plains
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 14Â ft 4Â in (4.37Â m)
- Wingspan: 18Â ft 4Â in (5.59Â m)
- Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.4 m2)
- Empty weight: 454Â lb (206Â kg)
- Fuel capacity: 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen air-cooled engine flat-4, 65 hp (48 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 83Â kn; 153Â km/h (95Â mph)
- Stall speed: 39Â kn; 72Â km/h (45Â mph)
- Rate of climb: 700Â ft/min (3.6Â m/s)
References
External links
- Official website
