Murphy Rebel

The Murphy Rebel is a two- or three-seat, strut braced, high wing, taildragger monoplane which is sold in kit form by Murphy Aircraft in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.

Development
The Rebel is a STOL aircraft and was designed to be a personal-use bush plane. It can operate from short, unimproved airstrips and can carry a useful load of up to 750 lbs.

The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, a two or three seat enclosed cabin accesses via doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its 30.0 ft span wing employs a NACA 4415 mod airfoil, has an area of 149 sqft and is equipped with flaps.

The recommended engines for the Rebel are the 160 hp Lycoming O-320, the 116 hp Lycoming O-235 and the 80 hp Rotax 912, although Bayerl et al. note that the aircraft does not perform well with less than 100 hp.

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