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The Davis DA-2 is a light aircraft designed in the United States in the 1960s and was marketed for homebuilding.[1] While it is a low-wing monoplane of largely conventional design with fixed tricycle undercarriage, the DA-2 is given a distinctive appearance by its slab-like fuselage construction and its V-tail.[2] The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side. Construction of the aircraft is sheet aluminum throughout, with the sole compound curves formed a fiberglass cowling and fairings.[3]

DA-2
Role Civil utility aircraft
Manufacturer Homebuilt
Designer Leeon D. Davis
First flight 21 May 1966
Primary user Private pilot owners
Number built ca. 45 by 1985
Davis DA-2 at Airventure 2008.
Davis DA-2 at Airventure 2008.
Davis DA-2A
Davis DA-2A

The prototype made its first flight on May 21, 1966, and was exhibited at that year's Experimental Aircraft Association annual fly-in, where it won awards for "most outstanding design" and "most popular aircraft".[4]

A major design consideration was ease of assembly for a first time home aircraft builder. Examples of this include: few curved components, a V-tail is one less control surface to build, and each wing is made from two sheets of aluminum with no trimming involved.[5]

The DA-3 was a single DA-2 enlarged to accommodate four people. Work proceeded through 1973-74, but the aircraft was never completed.

Plans have been intermittently available over the years. They are as of August 2019, available from D2 Aircraft.


Operational history


Examples of the DA-2 have been completed in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom and are currently (2015) actively flying in those countries.


Variants



Specifications (typical DA-2)


Data from Popular Mechanics August 1973

General characteristics

Performance


References


Notes
  1. Barnett Flight International 22 August 1977, pp. 534–535
  2. Weeghman, Richard B. (October 1966). "Rockford '66". Flying. Vol. 79, no. 4. pp. 52–53.
  3. Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 41. Winter 1969. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Taylor 1967, p. 247
  5. Davisson, Budd (December 2017). "cubic Efficiency". Sport Aviation.
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