title: Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer
text: # Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer
  
  The Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer is a high-wing homebuilt glider based on the Amcraft Products model aircraft.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Flying Saucer is the first in a series of aircraft designs from Curtiss Kissinger, and LeRoy Crookes capable of carrying a pilot. It received a Patent No. 2,864,567.
  
  The prototype was built using EMT electrical conduit. The wings use pine wood spars, and 1/8 inch plywood covering. The wing chord varies from center to tip to form a circular shape. The wings fold in segments for road travel.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  The flying saucer was towed aloft on flight tests with a Nash Rambler. The prototype suffered structural damage on the first flight tests.
  
  ## Specifications (Kissinger-Crookes Flying Saucer)
  
  Data from Sport Aviation
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Capacity: 1
  * Length: 14 ft (4.3 m)
  * Wingspan: 11 ft (3.4 m)
  * Height: 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
  * Wing area: 123 sq ft (11.4 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 210 lb (95 kg)
  
  Performance
  
  * Stall speed: 30 kn (35 mph, 56 km/h)
  