Antique Experimental with Shotgun mount

[aeromike49]

I have a 1957 Stitts Flut R Bug that is just about ready to get a new airworthiness certificate after being in storage from 1966 until 2011. I talked to the design engineer (Ray Stitts) tonight and he told me some interesting history about this plane. It was built by a guy in New Mexico and flown off a sheep ranch. The owner had a shotgun mounted to the plane and used it to go after coyotes and eagles that were killing his sheep. I was asked if I saw the mount for the shotgun and I haven't noticed such a thing but maybe and I don't know what I am looking at? Since the airworthiness certificate expired I am having to go through a re-issuance of the airworthiness certificate which requires a DAR to sign off on it. The plane has been flown about 200 hours and flight testing has been signed off by the FAA way back in 1958. I have flown a Flut R Bug many times off the family ranch airstrip back in the 60'so I am familiar with the plane. This was one of the first planes to start the experimental movement back in the 50's.

[wallda]

Very neat. Could you post some pictures of the aircraft?

[cluttonfred]

I am also a Flut-R-Bug fan and would love to see some photos of your plane with or without the shotgun mount.

[aeromike49]

I am also a Flut-R-Bug fan and would love to see some photos of your plane with or without the shotgun mount.

I have jpg photos but for some reason can't upload them?

[wallda]

That looks like a fun airplane! Any photos of the interior?

[wallda]

What are the specs?

[aeromike49]

What are the specs?

My plane weighs 662# with the Cont C 90 engine - no starter generator or vacuum pump

[aeromike49]

I don't have any good photos of the interior. No baggage compartment, very small cockpit area and limited on aft cg. I plan on removing one of the wing fuel tanks (5 gal each) that the previous owner installed and making it into a wing locker so as to have a small compartment to carry a few things in.

[cluttonfred]

Looks like great fun, thanks!