title: Sparmann S-1
text: # Sparmann S-1
  
  The Sparmann S-1 was a 1930s Swedish military training monoplane, designed by Edmund Sparmann, built in small numbers for the Swedish Air Force. The S-1 was a single-seat low-wing braced-monoplane with a fixed trail-skid landing gear. It was powered by a single 130 hp (97 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major engine.
  
  ## Operators
  
  ### Sweden
  
      Swedish Air Force
  
  ## Specifications
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 6.18 m (20 ft 3 in)
  * Wingspan: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
  * Wing area: 8.34 $m^2$ (89.8 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 417 kg (919 lb)
  * Gross weight: 630 kg (1,389 lb) normal; 585 kg (1,290 lb) aerobatic
  * Max takeoff weight: 625 kg (1,378 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 120 L (32 US gal; 26 imp gal) in a fuselage tank
  * Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 4-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 97 kW (130 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn) aerobatic
  * Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn)
  * Range: 880 km (550 mi, 480 nmi) at cruise
  * Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft) service ceiling
  * Rate of climb: 7.59 m/s (1,495 ft/min)
  * Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 2.5 minutes
  
                     2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 5.3 minutes
                     4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 14.7 minutes
                     5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 24.4 minutes
  * Wing loading: 75 $kg/m^2$ (15 lb/sq ft) normal; 70.2 $kg/m^2$ (14.4 lb/sq ft)
  * Power/mass: 0.155 kW/kg (0.094 hp/lb) normal; 0.1715 kW/kg (0.1043 hp/lb) aerobatic
  