Murphy Rebel
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.
The Rebel was designed by Murphy Aircraft President Darryl Murphy and Dick Hiscock, who was one of the designers of the De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.Development
The Rebel is a STOL aircraft and was designed to be a personal-use bush plane. It can operate from short, unimproved airstrips and can carry a useful load of up to 750 lbs.
The aircraft features a strut-braced high-wing, a two or three seat enclosed cabin accesses 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 4415 mod 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.Specifications (Rebel)
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