The Prue Standard is an American high-wing, single-seat, V-tailed, FAI Standard Class glider that was designed by Irving Prue.[1][2][3]
Standard | |
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Paul Bikle's Prue Standard | |
Role | Glider |
National origin | United States |
Designer | Irving Prue |
Introduction | 1961 |
Status | No longer in production |
Number built | Three |
Variants | Prue Super Standard |
The Prue Standard was designed in response to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale introduction of rules creating the Standard Class. The prototype was completed in 1961.[1]
The Standard is an all-metal aircraft with a fixed monowheel landing gear. The prototype originally had wings with a 15 m (49.2 ft) span and dive brakes on the lower wing surface. The wing employs a NACA 63-618 laminar flow airfoil, an I-beam spar and has a semi-tapered planform.[1]
Only three examples were completed, all were different and all have since been modified further. The type was further refined into a new design in 1962, the Prue Super Standard.[1]
Paul Bikle flew the second Standard completed to a world record distance of 557 mi (896 km) in 1963. That flight was the longest ever made by a sailplane up to that date.[1]
The prototype was flown 14,000 mi (22,531 km) cross country and had accumulated more than 850 hours by 1974.[1]
All aircraft were registered as Experimental Amateur-builts. Only one Prue Standard still exists.[2][3]
Data from Soaring[1]
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