Pasped Skylark

The Pasped W-1 Skylark is a 1930s American two-seat single-engined cabin monoplane designed and built by the Pasped Aircraft Company of Glendale, California.[1]

Pasped Skylark
Role	Two-seat cabin monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Pasped Aircraft Company
First flight	1935
Status	airworthy in 2010
Primary user	private pilot owner
Number built	1

Design and development

The Skylark is a braced low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear.[1] It is powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine.[1] The enclosed cockpit has side-by-side seating for two.[1] It has a welded steel fuselage and wooden wings.[1] With other two-seat aircraft of the era having a better performance on smaller engines the Skylark did not enter production.[1] The sole example was currently airworthy in February 2010 with an owner in Versailles, Missouri.

Specifications

Data from [2] and [3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 11 in (10.95 m)
• Height: 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
• Wing area: 187 sq ft (17.4 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,288 lb (584 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,885 lb (855 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Warner Scarab radial engine, 125 hp (93 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 139 mph (224 km/h, 121 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
• Minimum control speed: 35 mph (56 km/h, 30 kn)
• Range: 475 mi (764 km, 413 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
• Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)

References

Notes

1. Orbis 1985, p. 2693
2. "American airplanes - Pa - Pi". www.aerofiles.com. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
3. Green, William (1956). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd.

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.