Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1

The Great Plains Aircraft Easy Eagle is a single seat homebuilt biplane, powered by a Volkswagen air-cooled engine.^[1][2][3]

Easy Eagle
Role	Biplane
National origin	United States of America
Manufacturer	Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company
Designer	Ron Grosso
Introduction	1998

Design and development

The Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 1 was designed by Ron Grosso, and the production rights were sold to Great Plains Aircraft Supply Company.^{[2][4][page needed]}

The Easy Eagle 1 is built with a steel tube fuselage that is fabric covered.^[5] The wings are all wooden construction. It uses the same one piece, all-aluminum landing gear as the Monnett Sonerai.^[6]

The Easy Eagle is built from plans; there is no kit available, although Great Plains supplies some sub-assemblies. The estimated time to complete the aircraft from the plans is 300-500 hours.^[2][3]

Variants

Grosso Aircraft Easy Eagle 2

Two seat version

Specifications (Easy Eagle)

Data from Great Plains

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
• Wingspan: 18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)
• Wing area: 90 sq ft (8.4 m²)
• Empty weight: 454 lb (206 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 12 U.S. gallons (45 L; 10.0 imp gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Great Plains Type 1 Front Drive Volkswagen air-cooled engine flat-4, 65 hp (48 kW)

Performance

• Cruise speed: 83 kn (95 mph, 153 km/h)
• Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)
• Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)