Cvjetkovic CA-65

The Cvjetkovic CA-65 Skyfly is a 1960s American homebuilt monoplane aircraft designed by Anton Cvjetkovic.[1]

CA-65 Skyfly
Role Two-seat homebuilt monoplane
Manufacturer Cvjetkovic Aircraft
Designer Anton Cvjetkovic
First flight 1965
Number built 20+

Development

Designed by Anton Cvjetkovic for home construction, the CA-65 Skyfly is a two-seat (side-by-side) wooden low-wing monoplane with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage and optional folding wings.[2] It was first flown in 1965.

An all-metal version (CA-65A) was also designed to be home-built but does not have the folding wings.

The aircraft has an ICAO Type Designator CA65

Variants
CA-65
Wooden version for home building, available with folding wings
CA-65A
Metal version for home building with swept tail. Rotax 912S power.
CA-65W
Lycoming 108-150 HP

Specifications (CA-65 with Lycoming)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1969–70[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
  • Wingspan: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
  • Width: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) wings folded
  • Height: 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
  • Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m2)
  • Airfoil: NACA 4415 modified
  • Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 28 US gal (23 imp gal; 110 L) in two fuselage tanks
  • Powerplant: × Lycoming O-290-G 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich, 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) diameter fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 160 mph (260 km/h, 140 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn)
  • Stall speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
  • Range: 500 mi (800 km, 430 nmi) with maximum fuel
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s) at sea level
  • Take-off run: 450 ft (140 m)
  • Landing run: 600 ft (180 m)

Avionics
Bayside BEI-990 radio

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References
  1. David B. Thurston. Homebuilt aircraft.
  2. Air Trails: 78. Winter 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1969). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1969–70. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. p. 313.


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