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The Loving/Wayne WR-1 Love is a single seat, midget racer built in the 1950s.
Design and development
The WR-1 is a single place, gull-winged aircraft with conventional landing gear. The fuselage uses wood truss construction with aircraft fabric covering. The all-wood, plywood covered gull-wing features faired, fixed landing gear at the lowest point. The design was submitted and approved by the professional racing pilots association in 1948 with construction starting in January 1949.
Operational history
In the 1951 National Air Races pilot Neal Vernon Loving qualified with a 266 mph (428 km/h) dive. The aircraft's spinner separated, damaging the propeller.
In December 1953, Loving flew the WR-1 2200 miles from Detroit to Kingston, Jamaica, an unusually long trip for a new experimental design of the era.
In 1954, the design was the winner of the Most Outstanding Design award at the Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-in at Rockford, Illinois.
Specifications (WR-1)
Data from EAA, Air TrailsGeneral characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Wingspan: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Height: 4 ft 4 in (1.32 m)
Wing area: 66 sq ft (6.1 m2)
Empty weight: 613 lb (278 kg)
Gross weight: 815 lb (370 kg)
Fuel capacity: 15
Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed: 187 kn (215 mph, 346 km/h)
Cruise speed: 135 kn (155 mph, 249 km/h)
Stall speed: 50 kn (58 mph, 93 km/h)
Range: 390 nmi (450 mi, 720 km)
Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
Rate of climb: 2,100 ft/min (11 m/s)
References
External links
Neal Loving Interview
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