Stolp Starduster Starduster SA-100
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The Starduster SA-100 is Lou Stolp and George Adams's original single-seat sport biplane of 1957, the design the two-seat Starduster Too grew from: a 19 ft upper wing, a steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, 700 lb empty and 1,247 lb gross, with Jane's figures of 130 mph cruise, a 55 mph stall and 400 miles on a 125 hp Lycoming O-290.
The SA-100 is a classic 1950s open-cockpit biplane for one, designed for sport flying rather than competition aerobatics, and its appeal is exactly that - a gentle, handsome aeroplane that is cheap to run and a pleasure in good weather. Seventy years of plans-building mean every example differs in engine (85 to 180 hp have been fitted), wood, welding and fabric, so the builder's log, the wooden spars and ribs, rigging and gear fittings are the purchase and the aircraft's weight-and-balance the only trustworthy number. A single-seat biplane has no training version, so tailwheel biplane currency comes first. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Aircraft Spruce holds the plans.
Variants of the Stolp Starduster SA-100
- Starduster SA-100 · 1957 · 25 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 8 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (319 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-290-D-1 (125 hp; 85-180 hp fitted) |
| Horsepower | 125 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1957 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 113 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 348 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | — |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 48 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 1 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 547 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,247 lb |
| Empty weight | 700 lb |
| 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 | 78 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 25 |
| Median year built | 1976 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 40 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 40 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 1 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 4 · 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 25 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 25 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 25 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 5.8 of 103 |
| Support | 2 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 0.2 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 8 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 319 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.33.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 79.
- Liquidity: class median 19.91.
- 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 6 · scores Sep 30