Miller Lil' Rascal

The Miller Lil' Rascal was a two-seat sporting biplane built by high school students in Claxton, Evans County, Georgia, USA, in the late 1970s. Construction began in November 1975 by a group of 15 students at Claxton High School under the direction of B. G. Tippins. Of conventional biplane configuration, it accommodated pilot and passenger side-by-side in an open cockpit. The wings were of dacron-covered wood, and the fuselage was of dacron-covered welded steel tube construction. It had fixed tailwheel undercarriage with spatted mainwheels.

Designer Merle Miller originally intended to market plans for the aircraft through his firm , but abandoned the idea before any were sold. The single prototype (registration N11LR) was the only example produced.

Specifications[]

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: 1 passenger
• Length: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m)
• Wingspan: 20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
• Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.66 m)
• Wing area: 126 sq ft (11.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 650 lb (295 kg)
• Gross weight: 1,100 lb (499 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Continental C85 horizontally opposed four-cylinder piston engine , 85 hp (64 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 100 mph (161 km/h, 87 kn)

See also[]

References[]

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 31.
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft (1979-80), 503.

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