Ritter Special
# Ritter Special

The Riter Special is an American Homebuilt aircraft design.

## Design and development

The Riter special is a single engine, low wing, single seat, retractable conventional landing gear aircraft. The wings fold upward for ground transport on a trailer. The landing gear is retracted by hand with a worm-gear mechanism.

## Specifications (Riter Special)

Data from Air Progress

General characteristics

* Crew: one
* Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming GPU

Performance

* Maximum speed: 170 kn (200 mph, 320 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 150 kn (170 mph, 270 km/h)
