Oldfield Baby Great Lakes
The Oldfield Baby Great Lakes is a homebuilt sport biplane. The aircraft has many known names, including the Baby Lakes, Oldfield Baby Lakes, Baby Great Lakes, Super Baby Lakes, Super Baby Great Lakes, and Buddy Baby Lakes[1]
| Oldfield Baby Great Lakes | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Sport Aircraft |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Manufacturer | Barney Oldfield Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Andrew Oldfield |
Design and development
The Baby Great Lakes was designed by Barney Oldfield, and originally built by Richard Lane, to be a scaled-down homebuilt derivative of the Great Lakes Sport Trainer.[2]
The Baby Great Lakes is built using 136 ft (41.5 m) of steel tubing for the fuselage with aircraft fabric covering.[3] The wings use spruce spars. The aircraft can accommodate engines ranging from the Continental A-65 to the Volkswagen air-cooled engine.[4]
Operational history
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The prototype was not intended to be produced in quantity, but enough plans were requested that the aircraft was marketed as a homebuilt design.[4] The rights to the Baby Great Lakes were acquired by Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co in May 1996.[5]
Variants
- Super Baby Lakes
- Accommodates engines over 100 hp (75 kW)
- Buddy Baby Lakes
- Two-place variant
Specifications (Oldfield Baby Great Lakes)
Data from EAA
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
- Wingspan: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
- Empty weight: 480 lb (218 kg)
- Gross weight: 850 lb (386 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-80 Horizontally opposed piston, 80 hp (60 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 117 kn (135 mph, 217 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 96 kn (110 mph, 180 km/h)
- Stall speed: 43 kn (50 mph, 80 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 2,000 ft/min (10 m/s)
References
- "Baby Great Lakes Biplane Home". Retrieved May 3, 2011.
- Sport Aviation. May 1958.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Popular Science. June 1970.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Don Dwiggins. Build your own sport plane: with homebuilt aircraft directory.
- Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co (2011). "Baby Great Lakes". Retrieved 3 May 2011.