Warner Revolution II explained

The Warner Revolution II, also marketed as the Space Walker II, is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed and produced by Warner Aerocraft of Seminole, Florida. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit or in the form of plans for amateur construction.^[1]

The aircraft is intended to be reminiscent of the open cockpit monoplanes of the 1930s, such as the Ryan ST.

Design and development

Developed from the single-seat Warner Revolution I, the Revolution II features a cantilever low wing, a two-seat tandem open cockpit with dual windshields, fixed conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from a combination of wood and metal tubing, covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 281NaN1 span wing lacks flaps and has a wing area of 126square feet. The acceptable power range is 85to and the standard engines used are the 1250NaN0 Continental O-240 or the 1250NaN0 Lycoming O-290 powerplants.

The Revolution II has a typical empty weight of 800lb and a gross weight of 1400lb, giving a useful load of 600lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is 498lb.

The standard day, sea level, no wind takeoff with a 1250NaN0 engine is 4000NaN0 and the landing roll is 4500NaN0.

Operational history

In May 2014, 19 examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of 30 had been registered at one time.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 293. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
2. Web site: Revolution II Make / Model Inquiry Results. 7 May 2014. Federal Aviation Administration. 7 May 2014.
3. Web site: Space Walker II Make / Model Inquiry Results. 7 May 2014. Federal Aviation Administration. 7 May 2014.