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Davis DA-2
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The Davis DA-2 is a light aircraft designed in the United DA-2

States in the 1960s and marketed for homebuilding. While it
is a low-wing monoplane of largely conventional design with
fixed tricycle undercarriage, the DA-2 is given a distinctive
appearance by its slab-like fuselage construction and its V-
tail. The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side.
Construction of the aircraft is metal throughout.

The DA-3 was a single DA-2 enlarged to accommodate

four people. Work proceeded through 1973-74, but the
aircraft was never completed.

Specifications (typical DA-2)

Southwest Regional Fly In, Hondo, Texas, 1 Jun
2007
General characteristics
Role Civil utility aircraft
Crew: One pilot Manufacturer Homebuilt
Capacity: 1 passenger Designed by Leeon D. Davis
Length: 17 ft 10 in (5.44 m) First flight 21 May 1966
Wingspan: 19 ft 3 in (5.86 m) Number built ca. 45 by 1985
Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Wing area: 83 ft² (7.7 m²)
Empty weight: 610 lb (277 kg)
Gross weight: 1,125 lb (510 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 horizontally-opposed four-cylinder
piston engine, 65 hp (49 kW)

1 × Continental O200 horizontally-opposed four-cylinder piston

engine, 100 hp ( kW) Davis DA-2 at Airventure
2008.
Performance
Maximum speed: 120 mph (193 km/h)
Range: 450 miles (725 km)

References
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 305.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1985-86. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 587–88.
Davisson, Budd (May 1973). "Flying the Davis DA-2A Homebuilt
(http://airbum.com/pireps/PirepDavisDA2.html) ". Air Progress.
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