Taylor Monoplane For Sale

This aircraft is a single seat, open cockpit, wood construction, no elec., 40 hp continental engine, basic VFR instruments, mechanical heel brakes, 5.00 X 5 aircraft tires, I am 5'10" and 195 # and I am comfortable in it, but if you are much bigger than that, it might be a little tight. It's a blast to fly, looks like a little warbird.

Burns a whopping 2.8 to 3.0 gallons per hour. If you've never flown an open cockpit plane before, you're in for a real treat ! This is the most fun and most inexpensive flying you'll ever do, ( in a real airplane ). Price reduced to $6900. I'll even include a spare engine and carb.

It holds 8.2 gallons of avgas or auto fuel and the aircraft manual says that its built to +6 Gs / -6 Gs. I have had it up to 9,500 feet msl at 53 degrees.

Empty weight is 479 lbs.
Gross weight is 745 lbs.
Useful load is 266 lbs.

Power-on stall speed is 40 mph IAS
Power-off stall speed is 45 mph IAS
Cruise is 77 mph IAS
Takeoff distance at 5009' msl is 800 to 1000 feet

It is very responsive, but not squirrelly. It does exactly what you tell it to do and takeoff and landing are pretty docile once you get used to how little control movement it requires. I thought it would be harder to get used to but after that first hour I was comfortable with it. Now I love it !

The engine is a Continental A-40-4 with a single Scintilla magneto and an Aero-Carb carburetor. The original carb is a Stromberg NA-S2 which I will include with the spare engine, but I put the Aero-Carb on the plane because it has a mixture control and the Stromberg didn't.

At 5000' above sea level, I needed to be able to lean out the fuel to get the most power. The engine hours are unknown, but we installed new rings and had the cylinders honed and it runs great.

The spare engine is also a Continental A-40-4 but it is a (two holer) for dual magnetos and dual plugs in each cylinder. It is disassembled but I was told it is all there, except the magnetos. (However, I make no promises)