- Source: Stits DS-1
The Stits DS-1 Baby Bird is a homebuilt aircraft built to achieve a "world's smallest" status. The Baby Bird is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Smallest Airplane in the World.” as of 1984. The title was later defined as "world's smallest monoplane" to acknowledge Robert H. Starr's Bumble Bee II as the world's smallest biplane.
Development
The DS-1 is a single-engine, single-seat highwing aircraft. Development started in 1980 to beat Ray Stits's record for World's smallest aircraft, the Stits SA-2A Sky Baby flown by Robert H. Starr. The fuselage is welded steel tubing with fabric covering. The wing is all-wood construction.
Operational history
Thirty-four flights took place in 1984 with United States Navy pilot Harold Nemer at the controls.
Specifications
Data from EAAGeneral characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Wingspan: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Height: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Empty weight: 252 lb (114 kg)
Gross weight: 425 lb (193 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Hirth 2 Cylinder, 55 hp (41 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
Maximum speed: 96 kn (110 mph, 180 km/h)
Stall speed: 61 kn (70 mph, 110 km/h)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Stits SA-2A Sky Baby
References
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- Starr Bumble Bee II
- List of civil aircraft
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