The Carlson Criquet is an American, two-seats-in-

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, strut-braced, single engine,

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that was designed by Ernst W. Carlson and produced by Carlson Aircraft of

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in kit form. The prototype was completed in 1999.Downey, Julia: ''2001 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 40. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: ''2004 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 50. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2005 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 52. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851 The Criquet is a 3/4 scale replica of the German

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liaison aircraft, the

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(English: ''Stork'') and is named for the French post-war production model of the same aircraft, the Morane-Saulnier MS.505 Criquet.

Design and development

The Criquet has a 4130 steel tube frame

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, with the fuselage and wing all covered in doped fabric. The wings are supported by V-

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s with

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s. The landing gear is fixed and of conventional configuration. The Criquet was available as a kit that included a pre-welded fuselage. The aircraft's power range is and the original standard engine specified was the Walter Lom

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. With a stall speed of the Criquet is capable of operation from small, unprepared fields and has a reported take-off and landing distance of . Construction time from the kit is reported to be 1000 hours. Only one prototype, N22CA, was completed and it was destroyed in an accident on 24 May 2000 at

, USA, with one fatality. The kit was no longer offered after 2005.

Specifications (Criquet)

References

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Design and development

Specifications (Criquet)

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