DAVIS SPORTPLANE – CONTINENTAL A 65 …

“Although the DA11 never went into production (two built) the DA2A
was a very popular Davis kit design in the 1960's, also with a V-tail. If
you think your RV needs more HP and has to be heavy, here's proof it
can be done light with less hp (and this was in the mid 1960's). It
used a A65 Continental with empty 625lb / gross 1125 lb, with a 115
mph cruise (on 50 hp, 75% on a A65 hp). It could also accommodate
a C90/O200. It was called the shrunk Bonanza that flew like a
Cherokee. It apparently had no trace of the well-known "Wichita
Wobble" that plagued early Bonanzas…”