title: S-M-J Maverick I
text: # S-M-J Maverick I
  
  The S-M-J Maverick I is an American aircraft designed for homebuilt construction.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The S-M-J Maverick I is a single-seat, open cockpit, single-engine aircraft with a strut-braced low wing and conventional landing gear. The fuselage is of wood construction and the wing is aluminium.
  
  ## Specifications (Maverick I)
  
  Data from Air Progress
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Wingspan: 25 ft (7.6 m)
  * Empty weight: 1,075 lb (488 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320 horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 140 kn (160 mph, 260 km/h)
  * Cruise speed: 120 kn (140 mph, 230 km/h)
  