CA-65 Skyfly
Role	Two-seat homebuilt monoplane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Cvjetkovic Aircraft
Designer	Anton Cvjetkovic
First flight	1965
Number built	20+

The Cvjetkovic CA-65 Skyfly is a 1960s American homebuilt monoplane aircraft designed by Anton Cvjetkovic.^[1]

Development

Designed by Anton Cvjetkovic for home construction, the CA-65 Skyfly is a two-seat (side-by-side) wooden low-wing monoplane with a retractable tailwheel undercarriage and optional folding wings.^[2] It was first flown in 1965.

An all-metal version (CA-65A) was also designed to be home-built but does not have the folding wings.

The aircraft has an ICAO Type Designator CA65

Variants

CA-65

Wooden version for home building, available with folding wings

CA-65A

Metal version for home building with swept tail. Rotax 912S power.

CA-65W

Lycoming 108-150 HP

Specifications (CA-65 with Lycoming)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1969–70^[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
• Wingspan: 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m)
• Width: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) wings folded
• Height: 7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
• Wing area: 108 sq ft (10.0 m²)
• Airfoil: NACA 4415 modified
• Empty weight: 900 lb (408 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
• Fuel capacity: 28 US gal (23 imp gal; 110 L) in two fuselage tanks
• Powerplant: × Lycoming O-290-G 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich, 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) diameter fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 mph (260 km/h, 140 kn)
• Cruise speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn)
• Stall speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
• Range: 500 mi (800 km, 430 nmi) with maximum fuel
• Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s) at sea level
  
• Take-off run: 450 ft (140 m)
• Landing run: 600 ft (180 m)

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