title: Kinner Sportwing
text: # Kinner Sportwing
  
  The Kinner Sportwing was a 1930s American light monoplane built by Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Sportwing was an improved version of the companies earlier Sportster designed by Max Harlow. An enlarged four-seat version was produced in 1935 as the Kinner Envoy. Kinner became bankrupt in 1937 and rights to the Sportwing were acquired by the Timm Aircraft Company.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### Sportwing B-2
  
      Powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5 engine.
  
  ### Sportster B-2R
  
      Powered by a 160 hp (120 kW) Kinner R-5 engine.
  
  ## Specifications (B-2)
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Capacity: 1
  * Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
  * Wingspan: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m)
  * Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
  * Wing area: 174.25 sq ft (16.188 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 1,197 lb (543 kg)
  * Gross weight: 1,875 lb (850 kg)
  * Load: 633 lb (287 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Kinner B-5 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 125 hp (93 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 122 mph (196 km/h, 106 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
  * Stall speed: 48 mph (77 km/h, 42 kn)
  * Range: 450 mi (720 km, 390 nmi)
  