Mitchell Kitalina

The Mitchell Kitalina is an American single place amphibious aircraft.[1]

Kitalina
Role Seaplane
National origin United States
Designer Grover Mitchell
Developed from EDO 4000 series float

Design and development

The Kitalina fuselage is built from an EDO 4000 float with a strut-braced high wing from a Luscombe. The engine is forward mounted on the high-wing with a T-tail arrangement.[2]

Specifications (Mitchell Kitalina)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 fuel injected, horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 78 kn (90 mph, 140 km/h)

References
  1. Air Trails. Summer 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Sport Aviation. January 1975. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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