
Pitts Model 12. AKA Monster Pitts
The Model 12 is the answer to the question "what if you could do it all over again", it is the last airplane designed by the legendary Curtis Pitts who completed the designed on his 80th birthday in 1995. The entire airplane is designed around the Vedeneyev M14PF engine. There are only 59 Model 12s known to be flying. "Time flies", our Pitts was constructed by Jim Kimball Enterprises and is equipped with the 450hp version of the Vedneyev engine instead of the regular 360hp engine.
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
- Wingspan: 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Empty weight: 1,550 lb (703 kg)
- Gross weight: 2,250 lb (1,021 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 54 gal
- Powerplant: 1 × Vedeneyev M14PF 450 hp (270 kW)
- Propellers: 3-bladed MT Propeller
Performance
- Cruise speed: 150 kn (170 mph, 270 km/h)
- Stall speed: 56 kn (64 mph, 103 km/h)
- Range: 430 nmi (500 mi, 800 km)
- Rate of climb: 2,900 ft/min (15 m/s)

Technical specification
Length 27ft
Wing Span 33ft
Height 10ft
Weight Empty:2200 lbs.
Max Take Off Weight:3100 lbs.
Power:
Huosai HS6A 285hp , or
Vedeneyev M14P 360hp
Performance
Max Speed:230 mph
Cruise Speed:180 mph
Stall Speed:64 mph
Landing Speed:71 mph
Range:450 miles
Service Ceiling:17,000 ft.
Max G limits +6 -3

Technical Specifications
- Crew: 1
- Length: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
- Height: 0.88 m (2 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 8.58 m2 (92.4 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 20.6
- Empty weight: 182 kg (401 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 280 kg (617 lb)
Performance
- Stall speed: 70 km/h
- Never exceed speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
- g limits: +7 -4.9
- Maximum glide ratio: 34.5
- Rate of sink: 0.6 m/s (120 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 32.6 kg/m2 (6.7 lb/sq ft)
Technical Specifications
Wing Span 33ft
Length 35ft
Height 10ft
Empty Weight 5000lbs
Max. take off weight 7800lbs
Engine - Motorlet M701C500 Turbojet developing 1960lbs of thrust
Performance
Maximum speed 510mph
Max. cruising speed 310mph
Stall speed 81mph
Max flight range 550 miles
Max. g limit +8 / -4