Tessier Biplane
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| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Rene Tessier |
| Introduction | 1963 |
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The Tessier Biplane is a single place homebuilt biplane.[1]
Development
The Tessier biplane is a single place tube and fabric construction aircraft with conventional landing gear. The wing spar is wood and ribs are plywood. The original engine was a Volkswagen air-cooled engine which was replaced with a Lawrance L-5 radial engine.
Aircraft on display
The original Tessier Biplane belongs to the EAA AirVenture Museum, but is neither airworhty nor on display.[2]
Specifications (Tessier Biplane)
Data from EAA
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Powerplant: 1 × Lawrance Aero Engine Company L-5 Five cylinder radial engine
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
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- ↑ Flight International. 31 December 1977. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Experimental Aircraft Association. "Master Aircraft List". Airventuremuseum.org. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
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