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During the energy crisis of the mid 1970’s Moulton B. (Molt) Taylor , designer of the certified Aerocar, the Coot Amphibian, the IMP, and many other aircraft for the US Navy during W.W.II, decided to turn his many talents to a small, easy-to-build, light plane which focused on maximum cruise speed and efficiency. The result is the Taylor Mini-IMP.
The Mini-IMP is a “second generation” version of the original, 2+2 place, Taylor IMP (an acronym for Independently Made Plane) homebuilt aircraft. This original version proved to be too complicated and too costly to build for the “average” homebuilder. Accordingly, since the IMP offered great opportunity for further simplification, and had the potential of giving performance equal to or better than some of the other “mini” designs being offered at the time, it was decided to scale the IMP configuration down to a single-place design, to design it to accommodate a great variety of engines, and to further simplify it’s construction. The Mini-IMP was the result.
General characteristics*
- Crew: one
- Wingspan: 24 ft 6 in (7.46 m)
- Empty weight: 518 lb (235 kg)
- Gross weight: 805 lb (365 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen air-cooled engine four cylinder, 1835 cc, air-cooled, four stroke automotive conversion, 60 hp (45 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed composite
General Performance*
- Maximum speed: 175 mph (281 km/h, 152 kn)
- Cruise speed: 150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn)
- Stall speed: 43 mph (69 km/h, 37 kn)
- Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6 m/s)
*base model, performance model which i would like to see would have variably different stats, listed in the images
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