132:. 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
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215:630 lb (286 kg)
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276:Fly Hard Trikes SkyCycle
182:General characteristics
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298:Lockheed Little Dipper
134:tailwheel landing gear
711:Multi-engine aircraft
171:Specifications (PA-8)
165:Piper Aviation Museum
161:East Palestine, Ohio
1084:Post War Airplane 8
1079:Post War Airplane 6
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879:Cherokee Pathfinder
102:Piper PA-8 Skycycle
18:Piper PA-8 Skycycle
64:A. Hanford Eckman
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964:Flite Liner
934:Cub Special
929:Cub Cruiser
405:Air-Britain
231:Performance
219:Powerplant:
138:F4U Corsair
1331:Categories
1064:PiperSport
1039:Pathfinder
859:Challenger
306:References
114:Lock Haven
1144:Tri-Pacer
1129:Super Cub
1119:Sky Sedan
1114:Sky Cycle
939:Cub Cycle
924:Cub Coupe
899:Chieftain
854:Caribbean
479:High wing
463:Numerical
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176:Data from
126:Cub Cycle
112:at their
89:Variants
61:Designer
1193:Military
1164:Vagabond
1134:Tomahawk
1109:Skycoupe
1094:Seminole
1089:Saratoga
1059:PiperJet
1009:Meridian
969:Flitfire
954:Enforcer
914:Comanche
894:Cheyenne
869:Cherokee
814:Aerostar
691:Mid wing
580:Low wing
455:aircraft
257:See also
142:Skycycle
106:American
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1034:Papoose
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819:Altaire
461:Company
207:Height:
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1224:UC-83A
1099:Seneca
1069:Pocono
1044:Pawnee
1024:Navajo
1019:Mojave
1014:Mirage
1004:Malibu
949:Dakota
834:Archer
824:Apache
738:PA-31T
657:PA-32R
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122:PWA-8,
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1207:USAAF
1203:USAAC
1029:Pacer
979:Lance
849:Cadet
844:Aztec
839:Arrow
807:Names
794:PA-47
778:PA-60
773:PA-44
768:PA-42
763:PA-41
758:PA-40
753:PA-39
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743:PA-34
733:PA-31
728:PA-30
723:PA-27
718:PA-23
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652:PA-32
647:PA-29
642:PA-28
637:PA-26
632:PA-25
627:PA-24
622:PA-10
602:PWA-8
597:PWA-6
592:PWA-1
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561:PA-19
556:PA-18
551:PA-17
546:PA-16
541:PA-15
536:PA-14
531:PA-12
526:PA-11
453:Piper
311:Notes
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38:Role
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1259:TG-8
1254:O-59
1249:L-21
1244:L-18
1239:L-14
1211:USAF
999:M700
994:M600
989:M500
984:M350
909:Colt
787:Jets
617:PA-8
612:PA-7
607:PA-6
587:PT-1
409:ISBN
332:ISBN
221:1 Ă—
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1279:USN
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1234:L-4
919:Cub
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516:P-2
511:P-1
506:J-5
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