title: Steere Bodacious
text: # Steere Bodacious
  
  The Steere Bodacious is an American single seat original design ultralight aircraft.
  
  ## Design
  
  The Bodacious was a project started as a Legal Eagle ultralight, but was redesigned to become an enclosed aircraft. The aircraft is a single engine, strut-braced, high wing ultralight with conventional landing gear. The aluminum spar wings use wooden ribs and fold rearward for towing or storage. The aircraft is covered with Oratex, a pre-colored covering used in model aircraft building.
  
  ## Operational history
  
  The prototype Bodacious won the Reserve Grand Champion Ultralight award at the 2012 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh airshow.
  
  ## Specifications (Bodacious)
  
  Data from Aero News Network
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Empty weight: 261 lb (118 kg) with parachute, cowling and doors removed
  * Powerplant: 1 × 1/2 Hummel Volkswagen conversion Two cylinder, horizontally opposed
  
  Performance
  
  * Cruise speed: 52 kn (60 mph, 97 km/h)
  * Stall speed: 23 kn (27 mph, 43 km/h)
  * Endurance: 2.5 hr
  