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The Wendt WH-1 Traveler is an American two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft designed by Harold Wendt and built by his company Wendt Aircraft Engineering.[1][2] Plans for the Traveler were available for amateur construction.[2]

WH-1 Traveler
Role	Two-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Wendt Aircraft Engineering
Designer	Harold Wend
First flight	15 March 1972
Number built	1

Design

The WH-1 Traveler is a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a conventional wooden fuselage, the wing is a constant-cord two-spar structure with ailerons but no flaps.[2] The prototype aircraft is powered by a 75 hp (56 kW) Continental A-75 air-cooled engine driving a metal two-bladed fixed pitch tractor propeller.[2] The Traveler has a fixed tricycle landing gear with a steerable nose-wheel and glassfibre wheel fairings.[2] The pilot and passenger sit in tandem in an enclosed cockpit with a port-hinged canopy with transparent panels at each side, it also had stowage behind the rear-seat for 50 lb (23 kg) of baggage.[2]

Specifications

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1973-74[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
• Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
• Height: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
• Wing area: 118 sq ft (10.96 m²)
• Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,400 lb (635 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-75 four-cylinder, horizontally opposed and air-cooled piston , 75 hp (56 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 131 mph (211 km/h, 114 kn)
• Cruise speed: 123 mph (198 km/h, 107 kn)
• Stall speed: 65 mph (105 km/h, 56 kn)
• Range: 368 mi (592 km, 320 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 13,000 ft (3,960 m)
• Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s)

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