Polliwagen
Role Homebuilt aircraft
Designer Joseph Alvarez

The Alvarez Polliwagen is a 1970s homebuilt aircraft. The aircraft has a combination of many high performance features not typically found in a Volkswagen air-cooled engine-powered homebuilt.[1]

Design and development

The Polliwagen is a low wing, side-by-side configuration, T tailed, retractable tricycle landing gear equipped aircraft with tip tanks. The aircraft was developed and tested with a one quarter scale radio controlled model.[2] Ailerons and flaps are full span. The fuselage is built from composites with foam cores. The aircraft's engine is configured with a turbocharger and constant speed propeller.[3] Entrance is through a swing up canopy.[4]

Specifications (Polliwagen)

Data from Plane and Pilot

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 16 ft (4.9 m)
  • Wingspan: 26 ft (7.9 m)
  • Airfoil: Wortmann FX-67-K-150
  • Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,250 lb (567 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 19 U.S. gallons (72 L; 16 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming o-235] horizontally opposed piston, 78 hp (58 kW)
  • Propellers: 3-bladed ground adjustable Warp drive

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 kn (250 mph, 400 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 160 kn (180 mph, 290 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 33 kn (38 mph, 61 km/h)
  • Range: 1,000 nmi (1,200 mi, 1,900 km)
  • Service ceiling: 28,800 ft (8,800 m)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ David E. Pullmann. Acceptance of Mediocrity. p. 197.
  2. ↑ "none". Flight International. 22 August 1977.
  3. ↑ "Polliwagen". Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "none". Popular Mechanics: 77. January 1980.
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