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The Murphy Rebel is a two- or three-seat, strut braced, high wing, taildragger monoplane which is sold in kit form by Murphy Aircraft in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada.Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 62. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Kitplanes Staff: 2008 Kit Aircraft Directory, page 62, Kitplanes Magazine December 2007 Volume 24, Number 12, Belvior Publications, Aviation Publishing Group LLC.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 112. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 119. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, a two or three seat enclosed cabin accessed via doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its span wing employs a NACA airfoil airfoil, has an area of and is equipped with flaps.
The recommended engines for the Rebel are the Lycoming O-320, the Lycoming O-235 and the Rotax 912, although Bayerl et al. note that the aircraft does not perform well with less than .
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