Pasped Skylark

Pasped Skylark
Role	Two-seat cabin monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Pasped Aircraft Company
First flight	1935
Status	airworthy in 2010
Primary user	private pilot owner
Number built	1

The Pasped W-1 Skylark is a 1930s American two-seat single-engined cabin monoplane designed and built by the Pasped Aircraft Company of Glendale, California.

Design and development

The Skylark is a braced low-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear. It is powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine. The enclosed cockpit has side-by-side seating for two. It has a welded steel fuselage and wooden wings. With other two-seat aircraft of the era having a better performance on smaller engines the Skylark did not enter production. The sole example was currently airworthy in February 2010 with an owner in Versailles, Missouri.

Specifications

Data from and

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
• Wingspan: 35 ft 11 in (10.95 m)
• Height: 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
• Wing area: 187 sq ft (17.4 m²)
• Empty weight: 1,288 lb (584 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,885 lb (855 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Warner Scarab radial engine, 125 hp (93 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 139 mph (224 km/h, 121 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
• Minimum control speed: 35 mph (56 km/h, 30 kn)
• Range: 475 mi (764 km, 413 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
• Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)

References

Bibliography

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.