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1935 Waco UMF-5 built from original Waco blueprints obtained from the Smithsonian Institute. Constructed by John Hudec. Construction began in 1991 and was completed in March of 2004 with 9400 hours of work. Between 2004 and 2009 the airplane received 25 awards including, but not limited to, National Biplane Expo Aircraftmanship Award , Blakesburg Grand Champion Homebuilt, Tulsa Grand Champion Experimental, EAA Mid America Best of Show and Oshkosh Replica Champion. The airplane looks as good today as it did at its last showing. It is stunning.
Avionics / Equipment
King KY 97A Comm
Kink KT 76A Transponder
AK 350 Encoder
AK 450 ELT
Sigtronics SPA 400 Intercom
Altimeters front and rear cockpits
Vertical speed
Airspeed Indicator
Kollsman tachometers
Airframe
Basic construction materials; 4130 chromepoly steel tubing for the fuselage, Sitka spruce and Baltic birch plywood for the wings, Aircraft is finished with poly fiber process and painted with aerothane Madrid Red and Sun Valley Ivory.
Engines / Mods / Prop
The engine was a new Continental W-670-9A (220 HP) built in 1943 and pickled by the military. It was disassembled, cleaned, inspected, painted and plated before installation. The propeller was custom built for this airplane by Sensenich.
Remarks
Gross weight 2840 lbs
Empty weight 1839 lbs
Useful load 1001 lbs
Take off roll 500 ft
Landing ground roll 500 ft
Fuel Capacity 40 gallons
Fuel burn 11-13 gal/hr
Cruise 115 mph at 1850 RPM
Range 350 mi.
Stall 60 mph
Rate of climb 1000 fpm
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