Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model Z
A barrel-shaped racer built in five weeks in 1931 that won that year's Thompson Trophy at 236 mph. It crashed in December 1931 after a wing failure during a speed record attempt, which started the Gee Bee's reputation as hard to fly.
Performance
- Cruise speed
- 200 kt
- Range
- 782 nm
Fuel
- Total capacity
- 390 l
Runway
- Usable surfaces
- Grass · Asphalt
No published runway figures for this type yet.
Cockpit and systems
- Cockpit
- Analog gauges
Weights and capacity
- Max passengers
- 0
- Minimum crew
- 1
- Cockpit seats
- 1
- Max take-off weight (MTOW)
- 1,034 kg
- Empty weight
- 635 kg
Licence and training
- Extra training or endorsements
- Tailwheel · High-performance endorsement (FAA, over 200 hp)
EASA terms. Other authorities name and split ratings differently.
Flight rules and approvals
- Flight rules
- VFR only
Assumes the usual equipment. The aircraft's own documents decide what it may fly.
Type
- Manufacturer
- Granville Brothers
- Category
- Aeroplane
- Engines
- 1× Piston
- Wake turbulence category
- L · Light
- In service since
- 1931
- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- 2024
Scale drawing
- Length
- 4.6 m
- Wingspan
- 7.16 m
- Height
- 2.13 m
- Fuselage width
- 1.3 m
- Propeller diameter
- 2.49 m
Drawn to scale from the published length, span and height; finer shapes are approximate.
Size comparison
- Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model ZLength 4.6 m
- CubCrafters CC19-180 XCubLength 7.26 m
All drawn at one scale. The person is 1.8 m tall.
Typical published values for the named variant, for learning only. Always fly with the aircraft's own flight manual (POH/AFM).
Fly the Granville Brothers Gee Bee Model Z in the simulator
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