121:. The Franklin engine was replaced by a four–cylinder Continental A-40-3 of 37 hp (28 kW); the aircraft first flew with the Continental engine on 12 September 1944. The Skycycle was a fabric-covered mid-wing single-engined single-seat monoplane with a
133:, which first flew on 29 January 1945 using the same Continental engine as the Cub Cycle. The aircraft was further modified in 1945 with a four-cylinder 55 hp (41 kW) Lycoming O-145-A2 engine and designated the
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140:A replica of the PA-8 Skycycle, the
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319:, p. 138. BAI Communications.
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461:Single-engine prop aircraft
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350:2001 Kit Aircraft Directory
337:1999 Kit Aircraft Directory
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270:Lookout Mountain SkyCycle
204:630 lb (286 kg)
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265:Fly Hard Trikes SkyCycle
171:General characteristics
109:. One of these was the
287:Lockheed Little Dipper
123:tailwheel landing gear
700:Multi-engine aircraft
160:Specifications (PA-8)
154:Piper Aviation Museum
150:East Palestine, Ohio
1073:Post War Airplane 8
1068:Post War Airplane 6
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91:Piper PA-8 Skycycle
53:A. Hanford Eckman
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923:Cub Special
918:Cub Cruiser
394:Air-Britain
220:Performance
208:Powerplant:
127:F4U Corsair
1320:Categories
1053:PiperSport
1028:Pathfinder
848:Challenger
295:References
103:Lock Haven
1133:Tri-Pacer
1118:Super Cub
1108:Sky Sedan
1103:Sky Cycle
928:Cub Cycle
913:Cub Coupe
888:Chieftain
843:Caribbean
468:High wing
452:Numerical
190:Wingspan:
165:Data from
115:Cub Cycle
101:at their
78:Variants
50:Designer
1182:Military
1153:Vagabond
1123:Tomahawk
1098:Skycoupe
1083:Seminole
1078:Saratoga
1048:PiperJet
998:Meridian
958:Flitfire
943:Enforcer
903:Comanche
883:Cheyenne
858:Cherokee
803:Aerostar
680:Mid wing
569:Low wing
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246:See also
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95:American
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808:Altaire
450:Company
196:Height:
184:Length:
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1213:UC-83A
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1058:Pocono
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993:Malibu
938:Dakota
823:Archer
813:Apache
727:PA-31T
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1196:USAAF
1192:USAAC
1018:Pacer
968:Lance
838:Cadet
833:Aztec
828:Arrow
796:Names
783:PA-47
767:PA-60
762:PA-44
757:PA-42
752:PA-41
747:PA-40
742:PA-39
737:PA-35
732:PA-34
722:PA-31
717:PA-30
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651:PA-33
641:PA-32
636:PA-29
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626:PA-26
621:PA-25
616:PA-24
611:PA-10
591:PWA-8
586:PWA-6
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560:PA-22
555:PA-20
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545:PA-18
540:PA-17
535:PA-16
530:PA-15
525:PA-14
520:PA-12
515:PA-11
442:Piper
300:Notes
178:Crew:
27:Role
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1248:TG-8
1243:O-59
1238:L-21
1233:L-18
1228:L-14
1200:USAF
988:M700
983:M600
978:M500
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898:Colt
776:Jets
606:PA-8
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