Aerosport Woody Pusher

The Aerosport Woody Pusher is a two-seat parasol wing monoplane designed for home building by Harris Woods,[2] based closely on the Curtiss Junior. First marketed in the 1960s, at least 27 were flying by 1980.

Woody Pusher
Role Homebuilt aircraft
Manufacturer Aerosport
Designer Harris Woods
Unit cost
approximately $1500 to build in 1971[1]

One on display at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum, Denver, Colorado, with a 75-hp Continental engine (No. N393EA). Another, N100FQ, is displayed at the Florida Air Museum, Lakeland, Florida.[3]

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1
  • Length: 20 ft 5 in (6.22 m)
  • Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
  • Wing area: 126 sq ft (11.7 m2)
  • Empty weight: 630 lb (286 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 65 hp (48 kW) typical powerplant

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 87 kn (100 mph, 160 km/h)
  • Range: 170 nmi (190 mi, 310 km)
  • Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
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See also

References
  1. Leo J. Kohn (Winter 1971). "The true cost of building your own plane". Air Trails: 63.
  2. "none". Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971.
  3. "Florida Air Museum". Rod's Aviation Photos. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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