Kinner_Sportwing Knowpia

Sportwing
	1934 Kinner Sport Wing restored by Dale Miller at Cable Airport Upland California
Role	Light monoplane
Manufacturer	Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation
Designer	Max B. Harlow, Robert Porter
First flight	1933

The Kinner Sportwing was a 1930s American light monoplane built by Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.

Design and development edit

The Sportwing was an improved version of the companies earlier Sportster designed by Max Harlow.^[1] An enlarged four-seat version was produced in 1935 as the Kinner Envoy. Kinner became bankrupt in 1937 and rights to the Sportwing were acquired by the Timm Aircraft Company.

Variants edit

Sportwing B-2: Powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5 engine.
Sportster B-2R: Powered by a 160 hp (120 kW) Kinner R-5 engine.

Specifications (B-2) edit

Data from ^[2]^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 1
Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Wingspan: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m)
Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Wing area: 174.25 sq ft (16.188 m²)
Empty weight: 1,197 lb (543 kg)
Gross weight: 1,875 lb (850 kg)
Load: 633 lb (287 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Kinner B-5 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 125 hp (93 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 122 mph (196 km/h, 106 kn)
Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
Range: 450 mi (720 km, 390 nmi)

References edit

Citations edit

^ Jouhn Underwood (Winter 1969). "The Quiet Professor". Air Progress Sport Aircraft.
^ Eckland, K.O. (2008-08-15). "American airplanes: Kinner". Aerofiles.com. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
^ "Flying Equipment: A New Plane and a New Engine by Kinner". Aviation. Vol. 33, no. 2. February 1934. pp. 58–59.