Nevertheless, the PA-8 offered good performance, cruising at 100 mph (161 km/h) on just 55 hp (41 kW).
[1] Carlson set out to build a replica as close as possible to the original, working from the only surviving documents, some sketches, a few photographs and one three-view drawing.
The original materials were not duplicated and the Carlson model is built with a fiberglass fuselage over a welded steel frame, with a 2024-T3 aluminium tail cone, supported by internal bulkheads.
[1][2][3][4] Carlson's plan in recreating the Skycycle was to offer kits for sale, but the design requires factory assistance and special tooling to complete and no kits beyond the prototype were completed.
[1][2][3][4] Data from Kitplanes[2]General characteristics Performance Aircraft with the same name: Related development