Meyer's Little
Toot is
a homebuilt biplane that
was designed by George W.
Meyer (1916–1982) of Corpus
Christi, Texas.
Design of the original Little
Toot was
started by George Meyer in
1952. Along with drawings, a scale
model was
built of the aircraft during
the design phase. It was
designed with aerobatics in
mind and is stressed for 10g+/-
loads.
The Little
Toot is a
single seat, open cockpit,
biplane with conventional
landing gear.
Its design accommodates an
optional cockpit canopy. The fuselage is
welded steel tubing aluminum
covering. The original tail
section is a metal monocoque truss
section from a Luscome
8A.
The wings use spruce spars
with wooden ribs and
are fabric
covered.
The upper wing is swept
back eight degrees. The
lower wing has 2.5 degrees
of dihedralwith
nearly full-length ailerons.
The landing
gear and wheel
pants were
sourced from a Cessna
140 tail-dragger. The
production cost of the
original Little
Toot aircraft
was US$2000
in 1958.
The aircraft was named Little
Toot after
the tugboat that liked doing
figure eights in a Disney
movie, itself based on a
children's story written and
illustrated by Hardie
Gramatky.
The Little
Toot prototype
was first displayed at the
1957 Experimental
Aircraft Association convention
in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin.
At this event, Little
Toot,
N61G, won the Mechanix
Illustrated Trophy
for Outstanding Achievement,
First Place and Second Place
for Outstanding Design. EAA
founder Paul
Poberezny flew Little
Toot several
times.
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