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The Spring WS202 Sprint was a Canadian homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by William J. Spring of Burlington, Ontario, introduced in 1996. The aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 355. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 ==Design and development== The WS202 Sprint featured a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.〔 The aircraft was made from sheet aluminum. Its span wing, mounted flaps and had a wing area of . The cabin width was . The design power range was and the engine used in the prototype was a Subaru EA81 automotive conversion powerplant.〔 The aircraft was designed to be constructed from plans and emphasized economy. The designer claimed it could be constructed for US$5000 in 1996, including a second hand Subaru engine. It was designed to be easy to convert between tricycle and conventional landing gear.〔 The aircraft had a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage was .〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off and landing roll with a engine was .〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied plans as 1500 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「Spring WS202 Sprint」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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