The airplane called the Vmax Probe. Designed and built by Lars Giertz. It was designed to set a record speed in the lightest FAI category, gross weight of 661 pounds or 300 Kg. It had a wing span of 14 feet, wing area of 28 sq. ft., and a wing loading of just under 24 lbs/sq ft. It was powered by a 3 cylinder 2 stroke engine that was normally rated at 100 hp, and was configured with a pusher prop so to promote laminear flow on as much of the fuselage as possible.

Due to the high wing loading, it's takeoff and landing speed was around 100 mph. At the end of it's first flight it ended up upside down. Lars was not wearing a helmet, since he had made the airplane too small for him to fit inside wearing one. The crash was in 1997, and you can see a photo of the design on the following web page.


http://www.webcamsue.nl/vmax.html