Aircraft model
DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH DH82
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The original Tiger Moth: the DH.82 of 1931, with a 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy III in place of the 130 hp Gipsy Major that the DH.82A carried from 1934. Only a small number were built before the A-model superseded it, and almost every Tiger Moth flying today is a DH.82A, so a genuine DH.82 on the register is either a very early airframe or a designation recorded loosely.
A Tiger Moth is a 1930s open-cockpit biplane trainer with an inverted air-cooled four, no brakes worth the name on the early aircraft and a tailskid. It is a delight and a discipline in equal measure: it will not tolerate a careless crosswind landing and the pilot sits in the weather. Ownership is wood, fabric and a small, devoted parts trade, mostly in Britain and Australia. The Gipsy is a specialist engine and finding someone to overhaul one in North America takes effort.
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- DEHAVILLAND TIGER MOTH DH82
What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | taildragger |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | de Havilland Gipsy III (inverted inline) |
| Horsepower | 120 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | CAR3 |
| Production start | 1931 |
| Production end | 1934 |
| Endorsements required | tailwheel |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 63 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 250 nm |
| Service ceiling | 13,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 590 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 38 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 670 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 556 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,770 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,100 lb |
| Usable fuel | 19 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 6.7 gal/h |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $70,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $170,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 3 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 3 |
| Median year built | 1940.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | — |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | — |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 0 |
| Transfers per 100 active | — |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | none |
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 25 · 181 models in class.
- Severity: class median 5.
- Access: class median 987.
- Support: class median 72.
- Liquidity: class median 20.59.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories.