Cessna XMC
| Cessna XMC | |
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| Type: | Experimental airplane |
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| First flight: |
22nd January 1971 |
| Number of pieces: |
2 |
The two-seat Cessna XMC was built in 1970 by the Cessna Aircraft Company to test various concepts in the construction of light aircraft with a pusher propeller in a thrust configuration and the noise reduction of the shell construction.
The test program ran from the beginning of 1971 to the end of 1972. Two versions were built. The first prototype was registered as the N7174C and was powered by a Continental O-200 with a 100 hp (75 kW) engine mounted in a thrust configuration. This was the same engine that was used in series production in the Cessna 150 . Cessna chose a rather unusual design for the construction, the so-called central thrust system. The fuselage was constructed as a nacelle, at the stern of which there was a unit with a pusher propeller or ducted propeller . The soundproof fuselage was made in all-metal half-shell construction. The wings, designed in a shoulder- wing arrangement, were arranged with a positive arrow . The tail unit was designed as a double tail unit .
The first flight of the XMC with the internal model number 1014 took place on January 22, 1971 with the Cessna test pilot Bruce Barrett . The aircraft was modified in 1972 and was flown for the first time on June 1, 1972 with the new model number 1034 and ducted propeller .
variants
- Model 1014 XMC
- Model 1034 XMC with ducted propeller and modified wings with winglets
The test results were used in the further development of the Cessna Skymaster series and the C-150 series .
