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The Dickey E-Racer, also called the Sierra Delta E-Racer, is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Shirl Dickey and produced by Shirl Dickey Enterprises of Phoenix, Arizona, first flown in 1984. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction, with some parts available to facilitate faster construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 146. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Downey, Julia: ''1999 Plans Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 16, Number 1, January 1999, page 57. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕 ==Design and development== The aircraft is based upon the Rutan Long-EZ. It features a cantilever mid-wing canard layout with tip rudders, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fully retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.〔 The aircraft is made from E-glass. Its span wing has a wing area of and employs a Roncz R1145MS airfoil at the wing root, transitioning to an Eppler 1230 mod airfoil at the wingtip. The standard engine used in the Mark 1 is the Buick V-8 automotive conversion powerplant.〔 The aircraft has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for pilot, passenger and baggage is .〔 Like most canard designs the E-Racer has a long take-off and landing roll. The standard day, sea level take-off roll is . The landing roll is .〔〔 At one time pre-fabricated wings and canard were available to speed construction. The manufacturer estimates the construction time from the supplied plans as 2000 hours.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dickey E-Racer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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