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The Stits SA-3A Playboy (also called the Stitts SA-3A Playboy) is a single seat, strut-braced low-wing monoplane that was designed by Ray Stits for amateur construction. The aircraft was designed and the prototype was completed in a three-month period during 1952. The design went on to become one of the most influential in the post-war boom in aircraft homebuilding.〔Plane & Pilot: ''1978 Aircraft Directory'', page 155. Werner & Werner, 1978. ISBN 0-918312-00-0〕 A side-by-side two seat version is known as the SA-3B. ==Design and development== The Playboy was the third of fifteen different aircraft designs created by Stits, who migrated in the 1960s from selling plans to developing the ''Polyfiber'' line of aircraft coverings and related paint formulas. The Playboy was designed to be constructed from either plans or from a series of partial kits. The construction is mixed with the fuselage made from welded steel and the wings built from wood. The aircraft is fabric-covered and incorporates a sliding canopy. The aircraft is unusual in that the low wings are strut-braced.〔 The engine range is from with the Continental C85 the most commonly used.〔 The first in the series of Van's Aircraft designed by Richard VanGrunsven, the Van's Aircraft RV-1 was a modified Playboy and directly lead to the Van's Aircraft RV-3 and the highly successful RV line of 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「Stits Playboy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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