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Culp Specials
Profile
Culp's Specialties is located in
Shreveport, Louisiana, at the Downtown (DTN) Airport. It is there
Steve and his employees are hard at work on several projects
including two Culp's Specials, eight Sopwith Pups, and a Monocoupe
of Steve's own design.
In addition to building Specials, Sopwiths, and
Monocoupes, Steve flies them! His first performance airplane was
Special Number One, but while working on another "personal" Special,
he is flying a YAK-50 with an intriguing history. Steve has earned
his ICAS ground waiver and performs in airshows all over the south
and southwest .
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Special |
Pup |
MonoCulp |
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Wing Span |
24' |
26.5" |
32' |
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Wing Area |
161 sf |
265 sf |
192 sf |
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Wing Loading |
9.9 |
5.2 |
7.8 |
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Folding Wing |
No |
No |
No |
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Height |
8' |
9' |
8.4' |
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Length |
21' |
18' |
24.6' |
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MAX Gross
Weight |
2300 |
2400 |
2900 |
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Empty Gross
Weight |
1520 |
1300 |
1700 |
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Payload
w/fuel |
600 |
700 |
800 |
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Fuel |
50 gal |
50 gal |
84 gal |
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# Seats |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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Cabin Width |
32' |
28' |
48' |
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Range |
561mi |
600mi |
952mi |
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Takeoff
Distance |
300ft |
250ft |
400ft |
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Landing
Distance |
800ft |
500ft |
900ft |
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Vmax |
240 |
220 |
270 |
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Vcruise |
170 |
150 |
170 |
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V1 (stall
clean) |
67mph |
38mph |
62mph |
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Vsq (landing) |
72mph |
40mph |
65mph |
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Climb Rate |
4500fpm |
4500fpm |
3000fpm |
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Service Ceiling |
12,000 |
12,000 |
12,000 |
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Std Engine/HP |
M14p/360 |
M14p/240 |
M14p/360 |
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Usable HP Range |
360/400 |
220/360 |
360/400 |
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Construction |
T.W.F |
T.W.F. |
T.W.F. |
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Est Bldg Time |
2500hrs |
2500hrs |
2500hrs |
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# Kits, Plans
Sold |
6/40 |
12/18 |
2/3 |
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# Completed,
Flying |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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Mono Culp
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