Stits SA-5 Flut-R-Bug

SA-5 Flut-R-Bug
SA-6B Flut-R-Bug at Luxembourg Airport in 1965
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Stits Aircraft Company
Designer Ray Stits
First flight 1956
Number built 27 full kits sold, 1200 set of plans sold.[1]
Unit cost
US$1250 in 1956

The Stits SA-5 Flut-R-Bug is a homebuilt aircraft designed by Ray Stits.

Design and development

The Flut-R-Bug can be built as a single place or tandem seat aircraft. The Flut-R-Bug was an early complete-kit aircraft, sold with a pre-welded fuselage. Stits planned to deliver 100 kits to the German market for homebuilding.[2] Examples have been completed in the United States and in Europe.

The SA-5 is a mid-wing, tricycle landing gear design with folding wings. The aircraft was intended to be towed by a vehicle by the (lowered) tail on its main gear with wings folded along its sides. The cockpit can be open, or covered with a bubble canopy. The fuselage is constructed from welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. The wings use spruce wooden spars with fabric covering.[3]

Variants

SA-5A
Single place variant
SA-6A
Two seat tandem variant with a 1,015 lb (460 kg) gross weight.[4]
SA-6B
Two seat variant with wider span wings and larger tail surface.[5]

Specifications (Stits SA-5 Flut-R-Bug)

Data from Sport Aviation

General characteristics

Performance


References

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  1. Ronald J. Wanttaja. Kitplane Construction. p. 5.
  2. "Check Pilot Report ion the Flut-R-Bug". Flying Magazine. July 1956.
  3. Sport Aviation: 25. January 1959. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "EAA Fly-In". Flying Magazine: 36. November 1960.
  5. Dean McCarty (March 1957). "Report on the Stits Homebuilt". Flying Magazine.
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