title: Long Henderson Longster
text: # Long Henderson Longster
  
  The Long Henderson Longster HL-1 is an American aircraft that was designed by Leslie Long and Ivan Diggs for homebuilt construction.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Henderson Longster is a conventional landing gear equipped, wire braced parasol wing aircraft. Aeronautical designer Ivan Diggs designed a new 30 ft wing for the Longster. The wire bracing is supported by a central cabane post located over a 1 U.S. gallon (3.8 L; 0.83 imp gal) above-wing fuel tank. The fuselage is steel tubing. The design also features pinned and brazed gusset joints as opposed to conventionally welded joint clusters.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### Harlequin Longster
  
      Used a Long designed homebuilt engine, the Long Harlequin 933.
  
  ## Aircraft on display
  
  An example of a Longster is on display at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum.
  
  ## Specifications (Long Henderson Longster)
  
  Data from EAA Contact
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Wingspan: 30 ft (9.1 m)
  * Airfoil: Clark Y
  * Empty weight: 325 lb (147 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Heath-Henderson B-4 Inline four cylinder piston, 30 hp (22 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 65 kn (75 mph, 121 km/h)
  