Hugo
Craft
Sport Biplane
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Adolf Hugo designed and built the Hugo Craft Sport Biplane in the
1960's. He flew it to many fly ins and put over 300 hours on
it. Mr. Hugo has passed away, and his plane is now in a Tulsa
Oklahoma Air Museum being restored. Mr. Hugo lived in the
Tulsa area.
Only
one
other Hugo Craft has been built to my knowledge. I
have aquired a set of plans and may build it. It is simple
and straight forward. It is a scaled down Great Lakes Sport
Trainer with the same airfoil as the Great Lakes. It would appear
that I would need to add a foot or so to the wing span to fit the
Light Sport Catagory. Mr. Hugo was 6 feet tall and fit into
the 21 inch wide cockpit just fine. Many have flown it and
it was said to have very nice flying qualities.
The HugoCraft is
not
tested to be fully aerobatic. The prototype was tested to 5 g
positive and 1.5 g negative.
Hugo
Craft Sport Biplane Specs
Wing Span Top Wing 17 feet
Wing Span Lower Wing 15 feet
Wing Cord 3 feet
Length 15 feet
Empty Weight 558 lbs.
Height 5 feet 7 inches
Power 65 hp Continental
Lands at 55 mph
Cruise 105 mph
Fuselage is 4130 Steel tubing.
Wings are spruce built up ribs on spruce spars.
Fabric covered except for engine cowling.
Wittman Style landing gear.
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Hugo
Craft Sport Biplane 3 View
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Hugo
Craft Sport Biplane Side View
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Top
view
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MORE HUGO CRAFT INFORMATION
First
Article
from Past Airplane Magazines on the Prototype
Second
Article
from Past Airplane Magazines on the Prototype
The Hugo Craft Bipe is now in a Museum in Tulsa OK. Here is
a photo.
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