The Snyder Buzzard was a light sport aircraft produced in the
United States
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during the early 1930s. The designer/builder was Bud Snyder.
Design and development
Designed to fill the lowest segment of the civil aviation market, the Buzzard was a single-seat single-engine fabric-covered aircraft of conventional configuration.
The wing was parasol-mounted. The
ABC Scorpion
The ABC Scorpion is a 30 hp (22 kW) two-cylinder Aircraft engine, aero engine designed by British engineer Granville Bradshaw for use in light aircraft. The engine was built by ABC Motors, ABC Motors Limited and first ran in 1921.Gun ...
engine, mounted atop the wing, drove a
pusher propeller
In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...
Specifications
See also
References
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Aerofiles Buzzard entry
Single-engined pusher aircraft
1930s United States sport aircraft
Parasol-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1930