The Pietenpol Sky Scout is a parasol wing homebuilt aircraft designed by Bernard Pietenpol.[1]
Air Scout | |
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Role | amateur-built airplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Pietenpol |
Designer | Bernard Pietenpol |
First flight | 1933 |
Developed from | Pietenpol Air Camper |
The Sky Scout was a lower-cost follow-on to the Pietenpol's first homebuilt design, the Pietenpol Air Camper, using a lower-cost Ford Model T engine, rather than the more current Ford Model A engine. The aircraft was redesigned for the heavier engine by reducing it to a single-person aircraft. The new pilot location required a section called a "flop" to be installed, essentially a section of the wing that was hinged up to allow the pilot to stand up when getting into and out of the aircraft.[2] The aircraft was designed to be built of spruce and plywood. The drawings were published in the 1933 Mechanix Illustrated magazine.
Claude Sessions developed a finned head modification on his Sky Scout for lighter-weight air-cooling. The engine was featured in Modern Mechanics magazine in 1931 and formed the basis for the American Flea Corporation Universal 50-60 engine.[5]
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