The Sauser P6E is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and built by Donald Sauser of Tustin, California. The aircraft is an 82% scale reproduction of the 1920s Curtiss P-6 Hawk. When it was available the aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction by the Sauser Aircraft Company.[1] [2]
Like the aircraft it is patterned after, the Sauser P6E features a strut-braced biplane layout, a single-seat open cockpit with a windshield, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing and wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 25.831NaN1 span wing has a wing area of 170square feet. The acceptable power range is 180to and the standard engine used is a 2120NaN0 Chevrolet small-block V-8 automotive conversion powerplant.
The Sauser P6E has a typical empty weight of 1425lb and a gross weight of 2040lb, giving a useful load of 615lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 453lb.
Sauser P6Es have been registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration under a variety of type designations, making them hard to catalog. Types registered include Sauser QC, Johnson F11C-2PJ (built as a F11C-2 replica), Wooldridge Saco P6-E Hawk and Roof Curtis Hawk P6E.[3] [4] [5] [6]