Tri-R KIS TR-1

{{Short description|American homebuilt aircraft}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = KIS TR-1 | logo = | logo_size = | image = File:LN-KIS13.JPG | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Homebuilt aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = Tri-R Technologies | design_group = | designer = Rich Trickel | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = At least 33 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1990s | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Tri-R KIS TR-1''' is an American homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Rich Trickel and produced by Tri-R Technologies of Oxnard, California, introduced in the 1990s. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.<ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 277. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

==Design and development== Trickel's main business was High Tech Composites, a company that produced many airframe components under sub-contract for kit aircraft such as the Lancair 235, Lancair 320 and Lancair IV. Trickel originally drew a new aircraft as a set of three-views for a customer in Australia who was looking for a new, conventional aircraft concept. The customer liked the design, but never paid for the drawings, so Trickel brought them home and completed the design work himself. Eventually the new design became the KIS TR-1.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The KIS TR-1 features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit accessed via gull-wing doors, fixed tricycle landing gear or optionally conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The aircraft is made from composites. Its {{convert|23.00|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span rectangular wing employs a NACA 63-215 airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of {{convert|88.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. The acceptable power range is {{convert|80|to|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and the standard engines used are the {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Continental O-240, the {{convert|108|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-235-C1B or the {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Limbach L2000 powerplant.<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="Incomplete">{{Cite web|url = http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|title = The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage|accessdate = 23 March 2014|last = Lednicer|first = David|year = 2010|archive-date = April 20, 2010|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100420012244/http://www.ae.illinois.edu/m-selig/ads/aircraft.html|url-status = dead}}</ref>

The KIS TR-1 has a typical empty weight of {{convert|750|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1300|lb|kg|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|550|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|20|u.s.gal}} the payload for the pilot, passenger and baggage is {{convert|430|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a {{convert|125|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine is {{convert|600|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} and the landing roll is {{convert|1200|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1000 hours.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

==Variants== right|thumb|KIS TR-1 ;KIS TR-1 :Original model with tricycle landing gear and a gross weight of {{convert|1300|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. By 1998 the company reported that 25 aircraft were completed and flying.<ref name="Aerocrafter" /> In March 2014 ten examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of 13 had been registered at one time.<ref name="FAAReg">{{cite web|url = http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=KIS+TR-1&PageNo=1|title = Make / Model Inquiry Results|accessdate = 23 March 2014|last = Federal Aviation Administration|date = 23 March 2014}}</ref> Also in March 2014 there were seven registered in the United Kingdom with the CAA.<ref name="GINFO">{{cite web|url = http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=summary&aircrafttype=KIS|title = GINFO Search Results Summary|accessdate = 23 March 2014|last = Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|date = 23 March 2014}}</ref> thumb|TR-1/TD ;KIS TR-1/TD :Conventional landing gear-equipped version ("Taildragger"), with an empty weight of {{convert|800|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1425|lb|kg|abbr=on}}. Fuel is {{convert|34|u.s.gal}}. By 1998 the company reported that eight aircraft were completed and flying.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

==Specifications (KIS TR-1) == right|thumb|KIS TR-1 {{Aircraft specs |ref=AeroCrafter and The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage<ref name="Aerocrafter" /><ref name="Incomplete" /> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft=22 |length in=0 |length note= |span m= |span ft=23 |span in=0 |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=88.00 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil=NACA 63-215 |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=750 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=1300 |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|20|u.s.gal}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Continental O-240 |eng1 type=four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=125

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|max speed kmh= |max speed mph=195 |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=175 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph=55 |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles=750 |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft=17000 |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin=1200 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft=14.8 |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

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