Curtiss-Wright CW-12

CW-12
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Curtiss-Wright
First flight:	1931
Production time:	1930s
Number of pieces:	63

The CW-12 Sport Trainer and the CW-16 Light Sport are biplane training aircraft made by the US manufacturer Curtiss-Wright . They were developed in the early 1930s by designers Herbert Rawdon and Ted A. Wells , who previously worked for Travel Air . The aircraft were therefore sometimes referred to as Curtiss-Wright Travel Airs.

construction

The CW-12 and CW-16 are both based on the same construction. They are double-deckers with staggered wings that are connected to each other by means of N-struts. The pilot and the flight instructor sit in tandem in open cockpits . In contrast to the CW-12, whose front cockpit has only one seat, the CW-16 has two seats arranged side by side in the front cockpit. Both machines were available with a number of different engines .

Versions

CW-16E at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport in Maryland Heights , Missouri

CW-12

• CW-12K - powered by a Kinner K-5 , two built copies
• CW-12Q - powered by a Wright- built de Havilland Gipsy , 26 units built
• CW-12W - powered by a Warner Scarab , twelve (plus one replica ) built

CW-16

• CW-16E - powered by a Wright J-6 Whirlwind 5 , ten copies built
• CW-16K - powered by a Kinner B-5 , eleven built
• CW-16W - powered by a Warner Scarab, a built example

use

In addition to private owners, the following armed forces operated the machines:

 Argentina

• The Argentine Navy Armada Argentina bought fifteen units in 1935 with an option for thirteen more in 1938. The machines were used until 1949.

 Bolivia

• The Bolivian Air Force purchased three CW-16s in 1934 and used them until 1943.

 Brazil

• The Brazilian Air Force Força Aérea Brasileira received fifteen CW-16Ws with Warner-Scarab engines with 125 PS (92 kW) in 1935 . The machines were decommissioned in 1940.

 Colombia

• The Colombian Air Force operated six CW-16s from 1933.

 Ecuador

• The Ecuadorian Air Force Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana purchased six CW-16E in 1935 and three CW-16s in 1936. Three of the machines remained in service until 1944.

Technical specifications

Parameter	CW-12Q data
crew	2
length	6.52 m
span	above: 8.78 m below: 8.02 m
height	2.69 m
Wing area	19.18 m²
Empty mass	1,071  lb (486  kg )
Max. Takeoff mass	1,725 ​​lb (782 kg)
Cruising speed	141 km / h
Top speed	169 km / h
Service ceiling	12,000 ft (3,658 m)
Range	772 km
Engines	1 × air-cooled four-cylinder in- line engine Curtiss-Wright Gipsy with 90  PS (66  kW )

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Peter M. Bowers: Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 . Putnam, London 1979, ISBN 0-370-10029-8 (English).
• Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989, pp. 288 (English).
• World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing, London (English).

Web links

Commons : Curtiss-Wright CW-12  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dan Hagedorn: Curtiss Types in Latin America . In: Air Enthusiast . March to May 1992. Key Publishing, ISSN  0143-5450 , p. 76 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b c} Dan Hagedorn: Curtiss Types in Latin America . In: Air Enthusiast . March to May 1992. Key Publishing, ISSN  0143-5450 , p. 75 (English).
3. ^ Dan Hagedorn: Curtiss Types in Latin America . In: Air Enthusiast . March to May 1992. Key Publishing, ISSN  0143-5450 , p. 75-76 (English).
4. ^ AJ Pelletier: Beech Aircraft and their Predecessors , Putnam Aeronautical, 1995, p. 48