Pedro Saldarriaga, the force behind the FloridaFlying YouTube channel, just posted his personal list of the top 10 fastest homebuilt airplanes. Check it out below, then add your favorites to the conversation in the comments section.
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Surprised the F1 Rocket did not make the cut
If you have ever seen or heard a real P 51D Mustang, then you would not compare it with anything else but another P 51 Mustang. The Thunder 3/4 scale is a very nice airplane and looks great! I would like one myself.
Hey! Where’s the GP-4??? 240 mph with an IO-360 angle-valve.
Make it a top 11 and include the GP-4. 🙂
I appreciate what you have done here; but please, can you spell Steve Wittman’s name correctly?
Same as Wittman Field where the Oshkosh EAA convention is held every year.
Thanks,
Red Hamilton
What would really impress me is a homebuilt with a useful load of 1700# that would fly for 5.5 hours (plus VFR reserve) at 150 MPH, while taking off and landing in 500-700’.
With a fuel burn less than 1 gal per hour full throttle.
I was being realistic.?
Check out a 4place Bearhawk. Fits your criteria almost to the latter, depending on engine choie. Dave B.
Short on useful load. Needs to be closer to 185 size than 172 size…or just a 185.?
Hi
The first picture of the second aircraft in your list — the yellow one with red trim lines – is NOT a Wittman Tailwind: It’s Jim Clement’s take on Wittman’s earlier “Buttercup”. An easy mistake, as JC used his earlier Tailwind builds (all ten of them) to polish his take on Steve Wittman’s designs. The clue is in the TWO wing struts to support the much bigger wing. You’re not the first to make this mistake.
Happy Landings
Keith Nurcombe G-ZIPY (a W8)
Here’s where you’ll find pictures of a really nicw Wittman Tailwind W8
http://www.supasash.com/tailwind.html