- Design and development
- Operational history
- Variants
- Specifications (SA-100)
- See also
- References
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The Stolp-Adams SA-100 Starduster is a U.S. single seat sport biplane designed to be built from plans supplied by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. Though the first flight was in 1957, Stardusters continue to be built and flown. Design and developmentThe SA-100 Starduster was designed by Louis A. Stolp and George M. Adams as a light sports aircraft for homebuilding from plans. It is a single bay biplane with fabric covered, wooden framed staggered wings, each pair braced by a single, wide chord interplane strut aided by bracing wires. A total of eight centre section struts join the upper wing to the fuselage, basically two pairs in N-form but with the forward strut doubled. The lower wing is unswept and has 1.5° of dihedral; the upper wing has 6° of sweep on its leading edge, no dihedral and a greater span. There are ailerons on the lower wings only, but no flaps. The fuselage and tail unit have a fabric covered steel tube structure, with the open cockpit positioned just behind the swept upper wing trailing edge which has a rounded cut-out for upward visibility. There is a long and prominent faired headrest behind the cockpit, on top of the curved upper fuselage surface. The Starduster has a conventional tail unit, with a wire braced tailplane and straight tapered, round topped fin and rudder, the latter extending to the keel between split elevators. Both rudder and elevators are horn balanced. The Starduster has a recommended power range of {{convert|125|to|160|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and is usually powered by a four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, 125 hp (93 kW) Lycoming O-290-D-1,[ though more powerful engines of up to 200 hp (150 kW) have been fitted.[6] It has a conventional tailwheel undercarriage. The mainwheels are mounted on V-struts hinged from the lower fuselage longeron, with rubber shock absorbers on diagonal extension struts between wheel and a short, central, under fuselage V-form mounting bracket. The main legs are often partially or completely faired and the wheels enclosed in spats.] Operational historyStarduster plans remain available more than 50 years after the first flight and homebuilding building continues.[9] A Starduster register[10] currently shows 27 SA-100 Stardusters and 3 SA-101 Super Stardusters built and building. The FAA register shows 64 SA-100s and 1 SA-101, though not all are assigned and some further Stardusters appear without a type number.[11] Variants- SA-100 Starduster
Original version, designed for non-aerobatic flight.[1] - SA-101 Stolp Super Starduster
Larger and more powerful — uses the longer wings of the CA300 Starduster Too, which have a symmetric M6 airfoil and no dihedral, together with a 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming I0-360-A1A engine to produce a maximum speed of over 170 mph (275 km/h).[13] Specifications (SA-100){{Aircraft specs
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|similar aircraft=- D'Apuzzo Senior Aero Sport
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}}References{{commons category|Stolp Starduster}}1. ^Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 128. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
2. ^1 {{cite journal|magazine=Air Trails|date=Winter 1971|title=The true cost of building your own plane|author=Leo J. Kohn|page=63}}
3. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/aircraft.html |title=Aerofiles-Stolp |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-11}}
4. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://starduster.aircraftspruce.com/SA100.html |title= Starduster One SA100|author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
5. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/kits/starduster.html |title= Kits - Starduster |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://starduster.aircraftspruce.com/registry.html |title= Starduster registry |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
7. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/kitspages/sa101.php |title= SA101 Super Starduster |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
8. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/ |title= FAA register |author= |date= |work= |publisher= |accessdate=2011-05-12}}
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