title: Dart Pup
text: # Dart Pup
  
  The Dart Pup (originally the Dunstable Dart) was a British single-seat ultralight monoplane designed and built by Zander and Weyl (later Dart Aircraft) at Dunstable, Bedfordshire.
  
  ## Development
  
  The Pup was a single-seat parasol wing monoplane with an Ava flat-four pusher engine mounted on the wing trailing edge. The wings could be folded back for storage. The Pup registered G-AELR first flew in July 1936.
  
  In 1937 the Pup was fitted with a 36 hp (27 kW) Bristol Cherub engine, a taller landing gear and a modified rudder. In August 1938 it crashed and was destroyed on takeoff.
  
  ## Specifications (Ava-powered)
  
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  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 19 ft 8.5 in (6.01 m)
  * Wingspan: 29 ft 7.5 in (9.03 m)
  * Wing area: 114 sq ft (10.59 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 485 lb (220 kg)
  * Gross weight: 705 lb (320 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Ava 4A-00 flat-four piston engine , 27 hp (20 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 62 mph (100 km/h, 54 kn)
  