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	D&E Aircraft of Florida 2618 Park Street Lake Worth, FL-33460 Phone: 561-547-7931

John Faunce
Dunnellon, Florida
N710 JF

Plans built fuselage
D&E Wings. No Flaps
Lycoming 0290 D2 135hp.
Culver Prop 74X44
Clevlend wheels and brakes 8.00X6 tires
Aviation Products tail wheel


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The Davis Special is an experimental 4 place super cub type project with a 180 hp Lycoming engine and a 66" chord Riblett Airfoil wing. The riblett airfoil has a chord that is 1.5" thicker and 3" longer than a piper airfoil.

It is being built under the supervision of Steve Bryant who holds the STC for the Producer Aircraft. The Producer is a certificated 4 place Super Cub created by modifyig a PA-22 or PA-20 in many ways, most notably by stretching the fuselage by 24 inches and installing PA-14 wings.

First take of and first landing. Stalls at 25 mph indicated. Forgot to pack my GPS but airspeed indicator came out of my other plane and was right on so that looks right, Aileron control is pretty good at 30 mph at altitude. I need to spend some time with it to put it to the real test. Cruises at 110 mph indicated @ 2400.

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First take off

Super Cub with 66 Riblett Wings

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Here are some pics of my Arctic Fox with the riblett 66" airfoil.
Wing span 39 feet
Engine 0-360 lyc
Empty wt 1215 lb
Cruise @2500 rpm 110-115 mph
Stall (light) mid to high twenties
Takeoff distance, really short!
First pic has my champ in the back ground - Thanks, soon again, Tom Young
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