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Pasped Skylark

Lionheart Creations

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BORN IN A HANGER IN GLENDALE CALIFORNIA, USA, THE PASPED AIRCRAFT COMPANY PRODUCED ITS FIRST AND ONLY 'W-1' SKYLARK, A BEAUTIFUL AND SLEEK, RADIAL POWERED 2 SEATER AIRCRAFT THAT THEY HAD HOPED WOULD BE BOTH AN EXECUTIVE BUSINESS MANS AIRPLANE AS WELL AS PERHAPS A FUTURE FIGHTER PILOT TRAINING AIRCRAFT. FROM THE 1930'S, THE SKYLARK CAME TO BE....

This aircraft features a 125 HP Warner Scarab, giving it cruise speed of 124 MPH and a top end speed of 140 MPH. The aircraft was so lite and large, that it was able to do STOL landings of approximately 35 MPH. The design featured a flap panel located under the belly of the plane that retracted via an electric motor and acted more like a dive brake or air-brake, rather then a low-flight lift enhancing flight surface.

This package features 8 paint schemes, several colors of panels, a loud and unique radial engine sound pack. The aircraft package features rain effects on the plexi, lighting effects, sound effects from flight controls, and even features a auto-pilot for those who like to look around at scenery while in a flight.

If you like classic old planes, this one is radical. Its like a sportster version of a Staggerwing Beech with giant wheel spats. This even featured car doors as well as a slide back canopy for open air flight. A sleek, nastalgic plane of the golden age of aviation.

The W-1 Skylark is a two-seat, single-engine monoplane by American manufacturer Pasped Aircraft Company. The low-wing Skylark was the creation of aviation engineers Fred Pastorius and Stanley Pedersen (“Pasped” is a portmanteau of their last names). The two began the project in the early 1930s and the W-1 took its maiden flight in 1935. Pasped built just one Skylark, introducing it in 1936. The attractive airplane, featuring a side-by-side cockpit and a stylish aesthetic emblematic of the golden era of flight, quickly became well known among aviation enthusiasts. The W-1 was featured on the cover of an aviation magazine in 1941 and numerous movie stars were photographed in its cockpit. The Skylark, which still flies to this day, maintains a longstanding appeal where aviators find it both sporty and classic.

The W-1 measures 25 feet in length, has a wingspan of 35 feet, 11 inches, and features a fixed tricycle undercarriage with aerodynamic wheel pants on its main gear. The aircraft is powered by a 7-cylinder Warner Scarab radial piston engine that delivers 125 horsepower to a 2-blade propeller (it was later upgraded to a 165-horsepower Super Scarab). The W-1 has a range of 545 miles, a climb rate of 890 feet per minute, and a service ceiling of 16,000 feet above sea level. The aircraft cruises at 110 miles per hour, has a maximum speed of 139 mph, and a flaps-deployed stall speed of 35.

Specifications

SPEEDCruise 125 MPH, Max 140 MPH
CEILING4,877m / 16,000 ft
TYPICAL RANGE765 km / 475 miles
LENGTH7.62 m / 25 ft 3 in
WINGSPAN10.95 m / 35 ft 11 in
HEIGHT2.41 m / 7 ft 11 in
TAKEOFF
MAX TAKEOFF WEIGHT855 kg / 1,885 lb
FUEL CAPACITY132 ltr / 35 US gal
ENGINEWarner Scarab; 125 HP
COCKPIT CREW2
EMPTY WEIGHT584 kg / 1,288 lb
MAX WEIGHT855 kg / 1,885 lb