Beecraft Honey Bee

Honey Bee

Honey Bee in flight

General information
Type| Homebuilt aircraft
National origin| United States
Manufacturer| Bee Aviation Associates, Inc.
Designer|

Walter E. Mooney

Number built| 1
History
Introduction date| 1952
First flight| 12 July 1952

The Beecraft Honey Bee was an all-metal V-tailed homebuilt aircraft, that was designed by Walter E. Mooney and first flown on 12 July 1952.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Aircraft on display
* 3 Specifications (Honey Bee)
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Design and development

The Honey Bee was designed and built by Walter E. Mooney[2]

The Honey Bee is a single seat all metal, high-wing, tricycle gear-equipped aircraft with a V-tail. The stressed skin aircraft is designed to accommodate wing flaps and slots.[3]

The prototype was test flown by William Chana on 12 July 1952 and certified on 17 December 1953.[4]

## Aircraft on display

Bee Aviation Honey Bee awaiting restoration at the San Diego Air & Space Museum

The Honey Bee prototype now is on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. It is the lone Bee aircraft to survive an arson fire at the museum.

## Specifications (Honey Bee)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 17 ft (5.2 m)
* Wingspan: 29 ft (8.8 m)
* Wing area: 95 sq ft (8.8 m2)
* Airfoil: NACA 4418
* Empty weight: 550 lb (249 kg)
* Gross weight: 860 lb (390 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-65 , 65 hp (48 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

* Maximum speed: 100 kn (120 mph, 190 km/h)
* Rate of climb: 1,100 ft/min (5.6 m/s)
* Wing loading: 8.95 lb/sq ft (43.7 kg/m2)
* Power/mass: 13.25lb/hp

## References

1. ↑ Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971.
2. ↑ "Bee Aviation Associates". http://fraseraerotechnologycompany.com/Bee_Aviation_Associates.html. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
3. ↑ "Sweet Little Plane". Flying: 53. October 1952.
4. ↑ The Aeroplane, Volume 86. p. 222.

## External links

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