Kinner Playboy
# Kinner Playboy

The Kinner R Playboy was a 1930s American two-seat sporting monoplane built by Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation.

## Design and development

The Playboy was a two-seat (side-by-side) sporting monoplane designed by Max B. Harlow and built by the Kinner Airplane & Motor Corporation in 1933. Originally built with an enclosed cockpit the sole R was modified to have an open cockpit as the Kinner R-1 Playboy. Production aircraft were designated Kinner R-5 Playboy. one of the 12 built being supplied to the China Aviation Assn (Shanghai), fitted with a 210 hp (157 kW) Kinner C-5 engine. The Center for Freedom and Flight in Vacaville, California has one of the two remaining aircraft on display.

## Variants

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### Kinner R Playboy

    The original closed cockpit version of the Playboy.

### Kinner R-1 Playboy

    The R modified to have an open cockpit.

### Kinner R-5 Playboy

    The production version with enclosed cockpit, 12 aircraft were built.

## Specifications (R-5)

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General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
* Wingspan: 32 ft 9 in (9.98 m)
* Gross weight: 809 lb (367 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Kinner R-5 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 160 hp (120 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed metal propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 138 mph (222 km/h, 120 kn)
* Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn)
* Stall speed: 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)
* Range: 600 mi (970 km, 520 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
