Curtiss R-2
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1915 |
The Curtiss R-2 was an American military aircraft .
development
At the beginning of 1915, the prototype of the Curtiss R appeared, which was renamed Model 2 in 1935. It was a larger version of the Curtiss N with horizontally staggered wings of the same span. The test machine flew as a land and float plane, and the crew sat in an elongated cockpit. Unlike the Curtiss N, the ailerons were arranged between the wings.
With the R-2 wings of unequal span, ailerons on the upper wing and a rudder with horn compensation were introduced. In addition, separate cockpits had been set up for the two crew members with a considerable distance from one another. This R-2 went into production at the end of 1915 and twelve copies were delivered to the US Army , which made very little use of them. A single R-2 was experimentally given wings of the same span again, and in 1916 two R-2s were delivered to the US Navy as float machines.
The Curtiss R-2 was delivered to the 1st Aero Squadron in late May 1916 and used in the war against Mexico . However, the performance of the twelve delivered machines was not satisfactory enough to use them on the American-Mexican border for longer.
Technical Curtiss R-2
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| Length: | 11.70 m |
| Wingspan: | 14.00 m |
| Wing area: | 46.90 m² |
| Empty mass: | 826 kg |
| Takeoff mass: | 1,403 kg |
| Engine: | an in- line Curtiss VX engine , 165 hp (121 kW) starting power |
| Top speed: | 138 km / h |
| maximum flight duration: | 6 h 42 min |
| Crew: | 2 men |
