RLU Breezy RLU-1
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Breezy is the open-frame pusher designed by Carl Unger, Charles Roloff and Robert Liposky in 1964: a welded steel-tube truss with the pilot and two passengers sitting in the open ahead of the wing, a borrowed Piper wing of about 33 ft span and a Continental or small Lycoming behind, with Sport Aviation's figures of 90 hp and 120 nm on 10 gallons; about a thousand have been built from plans.
There is no other aeroplane like it to own and almost nothing published to describe it: no weights or speeds were found in this research, so the aircraft's own paperwork is the only source, and because every Breezy uses a different donor wing and a different engine, the weight-and-balance is the aircraft's alone. It is a 60-knot ride-giving machine with a 10-gallon tank, flown from an exposed seat with no cockpit, so weather, noise and the condition of the structure the pilot sits on are the realities; weld quality and the wing-attach and gear fittings are the inspection. Insurance can be difficult for a three-seat open pusher. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; plans are still available and the Breezy community is small and close.
Variants of the RLU-1 Breezy
- Breezy RLU-1 · 1964 · 76 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 3 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Continental C-90 (90 hp; O-200 to O-320 fitted) |
| Horsepower | 90 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1964 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | — |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | 120 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 3 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | — |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | — |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 152 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 76 |
| Median year built | 1979 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 0 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 0 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 9 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 11.84 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 76 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 76 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 76 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1.3 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)1 |
| Severity | 1.4 of 10 · scored on 21 years of events (fewer than 10 in the last 10)2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | 3.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.5 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 6.7 out of 406 |
- Accident record: class median 33.21 · 223 models in class.
- Severity: class median 12.5.
- Access: class median 796.
- Support: class median 131.
- Liquidity: class median 19.89.
- 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. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30