Buzzy - "He's a handful"
Constructed by A&P Jim Barrett - completed in 1997
Empty weight - 1183 pounds
108 hours total time on airframe
73 hours total time on engine
Lycoming IO-540 wide deck, angle valve motor with ram-air induction system develops over 300 HP
July 2000 annual
7-color Superflite paint scheme
3-Blade MT200 constant-speed competition wood propeller
Oversized control surfaces, especially the rudder
Larger, wider ailerons hung at 30% of chord and squared to the tip
Removable front control stick
Transparent Lexan floor
Twin I-Beam mounted sighting devices
2nd oil cooler in tail section for additional engine cooling
Digital fuel totalizer
Digital voltmeter / ammeter
Lightweight B&C 6-amp alternator
Lightweight B&C starter
Lightweight sealed battery
Altimaster II settable AGL skydiving altimeter
7-point Hooker harness in pilot's seat
5-point Christen harness in passenger seat
2 National 425 emergency parachutes
Deltran BatteryTender-Plus battery charger/maintainer (www.batterytender.com)
Complete set of construction manuals
Featured in Muscle Biplane at www.musclebiplane.org/htmlfile/barret2.htm
King KY96A Silver Crown digital communications transceiver (http://www.bendixking.com)
King KT76A Silver Crown transponder with mode-C encoder
II Morrow Apollo 618 Loran
Garmin GPSMAP 195 with removable mount (http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap195)
PS Engineering PM1000-II intercom (www.ps-engineering.com/pm1000ii.shtml)
2 Bose Series I noise-canceling headsets
Lower wing clearance is about 10 inches from the ground
Approach speed of 90-100 mph on final approach
Nose-high attitude on landing obscures the runway ahead
This aircraft is for the experienced taildragger pilot (not for the faint-of heart)
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