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| SA-6B Flut-R-Bug at Luxembourg Airport in 1965 | |
| Role | Homebuilt aircraft
Type of aircraft
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| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Stits Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Ray Stits |
| First flight | 1956 |
| Number built | 27 full kits sold, 1200 set of plans sold[1] |
The Stits SA-5 Flut-R-Bug is a homebuilt aircraft designed by Ray Stits.
The Flut-R-Bug can be built as a single place or tandem seat aircraft. It was an early complete-kit aircraft, sold with a pre-welded fuselage. Stits planned to deliver 100 kits to the German market for homebuilding.[2] Examples have been completed in the United States and in Europe.
The SA-5 is a mid-wing, tricycle landing gear design with folding wings. The aircraft was intended to be towed by a vehicle by the (lowered) tail on its main gear with wings folded along its sides. The cockpit can be open, or covered with a bubble canopy. The fuselage is constructed from welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. The wings use spruce wooden spars with fabric covering.[3]
Data from Sport Aviation
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