MA-4 Lancer
Role Homebuilt aircraft
Designer Ed Marquart

The Marquart MA-4 Lancer is a single place, homebuilt biplane.[1]

Design and development

The MA-4 is a single engine, single place biplane with conventional landing gear designed by Ed Marquart. The aircraft uses a constant-chord wing.[2][3]

Operational history

In 1966 pilot Chuck Wickliffe, won first place flying the Clark Dollar Bill Special in the biplane category at the Reno Air Races with a speed of 147 mph (237 km/h).[4][5]

Specifications (MA-4 Lancer)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m)
  • Wingspan: 20 ft (6.1 m)
  • Wing area: 116 sq ft (10.8 m2)
  • Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,000 lb (454 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 16 gal
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental Horizontally opposed piston, 65 hp (48 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 128 kn (147 mph, 237 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 96 kn (110 mph, 180 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)
  • Range: 300 nmi (350 mi, 560 km)
  • Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ Air Trails: 79. Winter 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Ed Marquart, Flabab Airport pioneer dies". General Aviation News. 20 July 2007.
  3. ↑ Air Trails Sport Aircraft: 70. Winter 1969. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Don Berliner. Airplane Racing: A History, 1909-2008.
  5. ↑ Philip Handleman. Air Racing Today: Heavy Iron at Reno. p. 110.
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