RagWing Aircraft Designs
RagWing Aircraft Designs was an American aircraft design and manufacturing company based in Taylors, South Carolina.
The company was founded in 1987 and closed down in January 2000.
History
Roger Mann founded RagWing after he left the United States Air Force in 1987 as a multi-service aviation company providing flight instruction, maintenance, prototype design and flight testing of homebuilt aircraft. Mann's first aircraft design was marketed in 1991 and his range of products include 14 different fixed-wing aircraft designs. In the 1990s the company provided complete aircraft kits, but since the company closed in January 2000 this has been reduced to providing plans only and builder support. Mann stated in 2012 that, "plans are still available but are mainly sold for their historical value".The company's products are predominantly designs for aircraft of glued wooden construction, covered in aircraft fabric, hence the name of the company.
Aircraft
Model name | First flight | Number built | Type |
RW1 Ultra-Piet | 22 | Parasol-wing, single-seat Pietenpol Air Camper replica ultralight aircraft | |
RW2 Special I | 5 | Biplane, single-seat Pitts Special S-1 replica | |
RW4 Midwing Sport | 3 | Mid-wing, single-seat Church Midwing Sport Monoplane replica | |
RW5 Heath Replica | 1994 | Parasol-wing, single-seat Heath Parasol replica | |
RW6 Rag-A-Muffin | 1994 | Parasol-wing, single-seat ultralight aircraft | |
RW7 Duster | Low-wing, single seat, crop duster replica | ||
RW8 PT2S | 3 | High-wing, two-seat trainer | |
RW9 Motor Bipe | 1 | Biplane, single-seat ultralight | |
RW16 Aerial | Parasol-wing, single-seat ultralight | ||
RW11 Rag-A-Bond | 4 | High-wing, two-seat Piper Vagabond replica | |
RW19 Stork | August 1997 | 9 | High-wing, two-seat Fieseler Storch replica |
RW20 Stork side-by-side | August 1997 | High-wing, two-seat Fieseler Storch replica | |
RW22 Tiger Moth | June 1999 | 1 | Biplane, two seat de Havilland Tiger Moth replica |
RW26 Special II | 2 | Biplane, two seat Pitts Special S-2 replica |