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Smith Miniplane
The Smith DSA-1 Miniplane ("Darn Small Aeroplane",Montgomery 1992, p.12 "Darned Small Airplane",Davisson 1970 or "Damn Small Airplane""Canadian Fly-in") is a single-seat, single-engine sport aircraft designed in the United States in the 1950s and marketed for home building.Taylor 1989, p.826 Design The Miniplane is a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span braced with N-struts and wires.Markowski 1980, p.351 The Miniplane design has fixed undercarriage with a steerable tailwheel and although designed with an open cockpit, many have been fitted with canopies. The fuselage and the tail fin are of a conventional truss design constructed of welded steel tube and Aircraft fabric covering, covered in fabric,Plane & Pilot 1978, p.153 and the wing spars and ribs are made from spruce and also fabric-covered. A variant has been built with an all-metal wing construction. Engines used by builders are generally the 65-hp (48-kW) Continental A65, 85-hp (63-kW ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
