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LHC Pasped Skylark

Lionheart Creations

AIRCRAFTSKYLARKPASPEDLIONHEART

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The Skylark W-1 was a low wing, single engined monoplane designed in the 1930's and had first flight in 1935 in Glendale California. The aircraft was quite rare for its day. Its primary focus was to be a trainer for the Air Corp of the United States but as a secondary use, a small two seater business liner which had gained high popularity back in the golden age of aviation, where wealthy business people could get around faster and safer by plane then by car. The design of the Skylark used bracings (like struts) on both the wings and the landing gear. ANother wild feature of this rare design was that she had normal automotive style doors that hinged open as well as a sliding canopy on top, which allowed you to be able to fly with the roof open or closed.

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

VERSION 1.3.0 RELEASED MARCH 18, 2025

Update and new 2024 Release Version in 2020 format.

VERSION 1.2.0 RELEASED MARCH 1, 2025

Special Build Version Changed to mark the Changeover Point of this build being ready for MSFS 2024 as well as 2020. No speical updates were carried out, only the build version has changed.