Baker Supercat

Baker Supercat
Supercat at College Park Airport 100th anniversary
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Bobby Baker
Introduction 1984

The Baker Bobcat and the follow-on Baker Supercat are American homebuilt aircraft that were designed by Bobby Baker.

Design and development

The Baker Supercat is a low-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an ultralight aircraft and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.[1][2]

Operational history

In 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415 airfoil and an inverted 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded Grand Champion Light Plane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.[3]

Variants

Baker Bobcat
Ultralight version powered by a KFM 107 engine and without wing struts
Baker Supercat
Development version

Specifications (Baker Supercat)

Data from Sport Aviation, Ultralight News

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
  • Wingspan: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
  • Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m2)
  • Empty weight: 325 lb (147 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 8 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.7 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 Twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 121 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 26 kn (30 mph, 48 km/h)
  • Never exceed speed: 83 kn (95 mph, 153 km/h)
  • Range: 120 nmi (140 mi, 230 km)
  • Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ^ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.
  2. ^ "Bobcat ultralight". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  3. ^ Mary Jones (November 1994). "Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94". EAA Experimenter.