The Warner Revolution II, also marketed as the Space Walker II, is an American

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that was designed and produced by

Warner Aerocraft The Warner Aerocraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Seminole, Florida. In the past the company specialized in the design and manufacture of light aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction, but in r ...

of Seminole, Florida. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 293. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. The aircraft is intended to be reminiscent of the open cockpit monoplanes of the 1930s, such as the Ryan ST.

Design and development

Developed from the single-seat

Warner Revolution I The Warner Revolution I, also marketed as the Spacewalker I, is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Warner Aerocraft of Seminole, Florida. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of ...

, the Revolution II features a cantilever low wing, a two-seat tandem open cockpit with dual

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s, fixed

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with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from a combination of wood and metal tubing, covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of . The acceptable power range is and the standard engines used are the Continental O-240 or the Lycoming O-290 powerplants. The Revolution II has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is . The standard day, sea level, no wind takeoff with a engine is and the landing roll is .

Operational history

In May 2014, 19 examples were registered in the United States with the

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, although a total of 30 had been registered at one time.

Specifications (Revolution II)

References

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