Baker Supercat Explained

The Baker Bobcat and the follow-on Baker Supercat are American homebuilt aircraft that were designed by Bobby Baker.

Design and development

The Baker Supercat is a low-wing, strut-braced, open cockpit, conventional landing gear-equipped aircraft with all-wooden construction. The aircraft was originally designed to be an ultralight aircraft and the wings are removable. In 1994 Bowdler Aviation purchased the rights to the plans.[1] [2]

Operational history

In 1994, an enclosed Supercat with a modified NACA 4415 airfoil and an inverted 500NaN0 Rotax 503 installation engine was awarded Grand Champion Light Plane at the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.[3]

Variants

Baker Bobcat
  • Ultralight version powered by a KFM 107 engine and without wing struts
    Baker Supercat
  • Development version

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. EAA Experimenter. November 1994. Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94. Mary Jones.
    2. Web site: Bobcat ultralight. 20 January 2014.
    3. EAA Experimenter. November 1994. Grand Champion Light Plane - Oshkosh 94. Mary Jones.