Team Rocket F1 Rocket
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The F1 Rocket is Team Rocket's kit development of the Harmon Rocket idea: a tandem two-seat all-metal taildragger with an RV-4-style wing and a six-cylinder Lycoming IO-540 of 250-350 hp, 1,199 lb empty and 2,000 lb gross, with Jane's figures of 230 mph cruise, a 54 mph stall, 3,500 fpm and 1,150 miles at economy power; the F1 EVO added a tapered wing.
A Rocket is bought for climb and speed that nothing certified at the price can match, and owned on a six-cylinder budget: 15 gallons an hour at speed, an IO-540 overhaul, and insurance that wants tailwheel and high-performance time. Unlike the Harmon conversions, the F1 was a complete kit, so airframes are more uniform, but engine, prop, panel and the builder's workmanship still decide what an individual aircraft weighs and how it is finished; the weight-and-balance and build log are the record, and whether it has the rectangular or the EVO wing is part of the identity. It is a high-performance aeroplane for endorsement purposes and demands currency on landing. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate; Team Rocket continues with the F4 Raider.
Variants of the Team Rocket F1 Rocket
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 16.4 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming IO-540 (260 hp; 250-350 hp IO-540/IO-550 fitted) |
| Horsepower | 260 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 200 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 999 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 3,500 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 47 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 801 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 2,000 lb |
| Empty weight | 1,199 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 | 108 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 89 |
| Median year built | 2007 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 11.24 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 11.24 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 18 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 20.22 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 7 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 89 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 89 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 89 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 | 5.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 5.1 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 16.4 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- 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