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The RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth is a two-seats-in-tandem, biplane, conventional landing gear, single engine homebuilt aircraft designed by Roger Mann and sold as plans by RagWing Aircraft Designs for amateur construction.〔Downey, Julia: ''2001 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 70. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851〕 The RW22 is an 80% scale replica of the de Havilland Tiger Moth and was developed using the original Tiger Moth design as a guide.〔〔 ==Design and development== The RW22 was designed for the US experimental homebuilt aircraft category and was first flown in June 1999. It also qualifies as an Experimental Light-sport aircraft in the USA.〔〔 The airframe is constructed from wood and tube and covered with aircraft fabric. The landing gear is of conventional configuration. The aircraft's nominal installed power range is and the standard engine is the 2si 690, although the HKS 700E, Rotax 503 and the Rotax 912UL engine have also been used.〔〔 The RW22 was originally available as a complete quick-build kit, less only the engine, but today is only offered as plans and the designer estimates it will take 600 hours to complete the aircraft.〔〔〔 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「RagWing RW22 Tiger Moth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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