The Baker Bobcat and the follow-on Baker Supercat are

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homebuilt aircraft that were designed by Bobby Baker.

Design and development

The Baker Supercat is a low-wing,

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, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an

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and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.

Operational history

In 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415

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and an inverted Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded ''Grand Champion Light Plane'' at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.

Variants

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

Specifications (Baker Supercat)

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