title: Abe Mizet
text: # Abe Mizet
  
  The Abe Mizet (English: Midget) is a homebuilt aircraft design from builder Keiichi Abe of Japan. The aircraft was built with help from the Kushiro Aero Club. The Mizet is a rare example of a homebuilt aircraft designed and built for operations in Japan.
  
  ## Design
  
  The Abe Mizet is a single-place open-cockpit, pusher, high-wing aircraft with tricycle landing gear, similar to a Breezy aircraft homebuilt design.
  
  Keiichi Abe also assisted Don Taylor on the Japanese leg of his round-the-world flight in a homebuilt aircraft.
  
  ## Specifications (Mizet II)
  
  Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
  * Wingspan: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
  * Height: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
  * Wing area: 9 $m^2$ (97 sq ft)
  * Aspect ratio: 6.25
  * Airfoil: Göttingen 387
  * Empty weight: 180 kg (397 lb)
  * Gross weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
  * Max takeoff weight: 265 kg (584 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 7 L (1.8 US gal; 1.5 imp gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Toyota 2U-1 two cylnder modified car engine, 26 kW (35 hp)
  * Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller, 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) diameter
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 79 km/h (49 mph, 43 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn)
  * Stall speed: 65.2 km/h (40.5 mph, 35.2 kn)
  * Range: 70 km (43 mi, 38 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 1,500 m (4,900 ft)
  * Rate of climb: 1.2 m/s (240 ft/min)
  