Larkin Skylark Explained

The Larkin Skylark is single-engine amphibious homebuilt aircraft. Only one aircraft was built and flown in 1973.

Design

The Skylark is a pusher-style design with a single Volkswagen air-cooled engine above and behind the fully enclosed cockpit. The cockpit seats two occupants in side-by-side configuration, with a large Plexiglas canopy curving around both occupants. The tail is a twin-boom arrangement attached at the trailing edge of the wings, allowing clearance for the pusher propeller above and within the booms. The landing gear is a tricycle arrangement with the nose gear positioned at the foremost point of the nose and the two main gear semi-recessed into teardrop-shaped fairings on the lower sides. The fuselage and landing gear are internally supported with an aluminum tube keel.[1] The Skylark is capable of amphibious operation when fitted with an optional V-shaped lower hull made out of fiberglass.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Larkin Skylark. 30 December 2011.
  2. Book: Jane's Pocket book of home-built aircraft. John William Ransom Taylor. 141. 1977.