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The Stout Batwing is an low aspect ratio flying wing aircraft designed by William Bushnell Stout. The aircraft was the first example of wood veneer construction on American aircraft and an early practical example of thick wing or blended wing fuselage design. The internally braced wing was also one of the first American aircraft designed without drag producing struts. The thick wing design would later be applied to a series of Stout aircraft leading to the Ford Trimotor.

The Stout Batwing was a low aspect ratio flying wing aircraft designed by William Bushnell Stout.1
The Stout Batwing Limosine is a single-engine, high-wing cantilever aircraft. It was also called simply the "Commercial Sedan".2
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the Stout BatwingStout BatwingThe Stout Batwing was a low aspect ratio flying wing aircraft designed by William Bushnell Stout.4

Made by Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company.

* Stout Batwing: The Stout Batwing is an low aspect ratio flying wing aircraft designed by William ...5
blended wing fuselage aircraft, the Stout Batwing, intended for the US Army air service. One example was built and abandoned. In 1919 Stout formed Stout Engineering Laboratories.6
It was called the Stout Batwing, and it was successfully tested by Bert Acosta, the legendary flying hellraiser.7
Empty Weight Lb
1542
Developed From
Batwing vampire
Designer
William Bushnell Stout
Number Built
1
Manufacturer
Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company
Prime Units
kts
Eng 1 Hp
150
Eng 1 Number
1
First Flight
1918
Eng 1 Name
Hispano-Suiza
Wing Area Sqft
480
Introduced
1918
Span Ft
20
National Origin
United States
Category
Flying wing aircraft
United States experimental aircraft 1910-1919

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