title: Ritter Special
text: # Ritter Special
  
  The Riter Special is an American Homebuilt aircraft design.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Riter special is a single engine, low wing, single seat, retractable conventional landing gear aircraft. The wings fold upward for ground transport on a trailer. The landing gear is retracted by hand with a worm-gear mechanism.
  
  ## Specifications (Riter Special)
  
  Data from Air Progress
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GPU
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 320 km/h)
  * Cruise speed: 150 kn (170 mph, 270 km/h)
  