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

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

  1. ^ "easy eagle 1". Retrieved 27 Feb 2011.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  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.