Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1

Easy Eagle
Role	Biplane
National origin	United States of America
Manufacturer	Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company
Designer	Ron Grosso
Introduction	1998

The Great Plains Aircraft Easy Eagle is a single seat homebuilt biplane, powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Design and development

The Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 was designed by Ron Grosso, and the production rights were sold to Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company.^[2]^[4]^{[page needed]}

The Easy Eagle 1 is built with a steel tube fuselage that is fabric covered.^[5] The wings are all wooden construction. It uses the same one piece, all-aluminum landing gear as the Monnett Sonerai.^[6]

The Easy Eagle is built from plans; there is no kit available, although Great Plains supplies some sub-assemblies. The estimated time to complete the aircraft from the plans is 300-500 hours.^[2]^[3]

Variants

Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 2: Two seat version

Specifications (Easy Eagle)

Data from Great Plains

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Wingspan: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.4 m²)
Empty weight: 454 lb (206 kg)
Fuel capacity: 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Great Plains Type 1 Front Drive Volkswagen air-cooled engine flat-4, 65 hp (48 kW)

Performance

Cruise speed: 83 kn (95 mph, 153 km/h)
Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)
Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)

References

^ "easy eagle 1". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 104. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
^ ^a ^b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 110. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
^ Jackson, Paul; Munson, Kenneth; Peacock, Lindsay (2005). Jane's all the world's aircraft: 2005–2006 (69th ed.). Coulsdon (Surrey), UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2684-4.
^ "Build This Airplane for 10 Grand How to get from the dollar store to the runway". Air & Space Magazine. January 2007.
^ "grosso aircraft". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.

External links

Official website

[1] "easy eagle 1". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.

[WDLA11-2] Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 104. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

[WDLA15-3] Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 110. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

[4] Jackson, Paul; Munson, Kenneth; Peacock, Lindsay (2005). Jane's all the world's aircraft: 2005–2006 (69th ed.). Coulsdon (Surrey), UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2684-4.

[5] "Build This Airplane for 10 Grand How to get from the dollar store to the runway". Air & Space Magazine. January 2007.

[6] "grosso aircraft". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.

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