The Snyder Buzzard was a light sport aircraft produced in the
United States
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during the early 1930s. The designer/builder was Bud Snyder.
Design and development
Designed to fill the lowest segment of the civil aviation market, the Buzzard was a single-seat single-engine fabric-covered aircraft of conventional configuration.
The wing was parasol-mounted. The
ABC Scorpion
The ABC Scorpion is a 30 hp (22 kW) two-cylinder aero engine designed by British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The engine was built by ABC Motors Limited and first ran in 1921.Gunston 1989, p.9.
Variants
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engine, mounted atop the wing, drove a
pusher propeller
In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...
Specifications
See also
References
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Aerofiles Buzzard entry
Single-engined pusher aircraft
1930s United States sport aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1930