Special
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Designer Riter
First flight 1961

The Riter Special is an American Homebuilt aircraft design.

Design and development

The Riter special is a single engine, low wing, single seat, retractable conventional landing gear aircraft. The wings fold upward for ground transport on a trailer. The landing gear is retracted by hand with a worm-gear mechanism.[1]

Specifications (Riter Special)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GPU

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 320 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 150 kn (170 mph, 270 km/h)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ↑ Air Progress: 6. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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