The Stewart Headwind JD1HW1.7 and SAC-1VW is a single-seat high-wing
tube-and-fabric construction homebuilt aircraft.
Design and development
The first Headwind was flown on March 28, 1962. It was one of the first aircraft to fly in the United States using a VW engine. The prototype flew with a Huggins VW conversion. To use a standard propeller, a patented PRSU (propeller speed reducing unit) was developed to keep the engine RPM high and propeller RPM at its optimum speed.
The design was inspired by the Demoiselle by
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont (self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont; 20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-t ...
.
The fuselage is triangular sections of welded tube steel covered in fabric.
Variants
A
Volkswagen air-cooled engine
The Volkswagen air-cooled engine is an Air-cooled engine, air-cooled, gasoline-fuelled, boxer engine with four horizontally opposed cast-iron cylinder (engine), cylinders, cast aluminum alloy cylinder heads and pistons, magnesium-alloy crankca ...
was the only engine specified for this model, however many examples exist with alternate engine installations.
Specifications Stewart Headwind
See also
References
*Sport Aviation Feb 1972, pp 22. Stewart Headwind
*Sport Aviation June 1976, pp 70. On To Oshkosh! Headwind Caravan
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Stewart Aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft
High-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1962
Single-engined piston aircraft