Piper J-5
Piper J-5 | |
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Type: | Small plane |
Design country: | |
Manufacturer: | |
First flight: |
July 1939 |
Production time: |
1940-1946 |
Number of pieces: |
1507 |
The Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser is a small aircraft produced by the US manufacturer Piper Aircraft .
history
During the Second World War , Piper redesigned the structure of the J-5A. The J-5B were powered by a Lycoming GO-145-C2 with a rated output of 75 hp (55 kW ). The later built J-5C - also referred to as HE-1 and later AE-1 - was a US Navy ambulance aircraft with a hinged tail. As engine a came Lycoming O 235 -2 100 hp (74 kW) is used. The chassis has also been revised.
After the war, Piper changed the prefix of its model names from J- to PA- and the J-5C became the PA-12 "Super Cruiser" , which was more popular than the original J-5A with 3759 units.
In addition to the PA-12, Piper also developed a four-seater version with an engine with 115 PS (85 kW), which was named PA-14 Family Cruiser . However, this model was the least successful of the three models and was only built 238 times. About a hundred copies still exist today.
In March 2020, 295 J-5s were still registered in the United States.
construction
The Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser was a larger, more powerful version of the Piper J-3 Cub . It was developed only two years after the J-3 Cub and differed from it by a wider fuselage , in which the pilot had space in the front seat and two passengers side by side in the rear seat. Driven by a Continental engine with a rated power of 75 HP (55 kW), the travel speed of the machine was 75 mph (121 km / h ). Officially a three-seater, the correct description would be rather “two-and-a-half-seater”, as two adults only fit very tightly into the wider, rear seat. The J-5 cost 1,798 when introduced US dollars (adjusted for inflation about 32,702 US dollars).
Built specimens of the three models J-5-A, J-5-B and J-5-C fall into two categories that clearly differ from one another. The most obvious difference is the chassis . The early examples, of which 783 were built between 1940 and early 1942, had external rubber dampers. Examples from 1944 to 1946, however, had internal shock absorbers.
Versions
- J-5
- driven by a Continental A75-8 with 75 PS (55 kW)
- J-5A
- powered by a Continental A-75-9
- J-5A-80
- J-5A, powered by a Continental A80-8 with 80 PS (59 kW)
- J-5B
- powered by a Lycoming O-145 -B with 75 PS (55 kW)
- J-5C
- powered by a Lycoming O-235 -B with 100 PS (74 kW)
- J-5CA
- Prototype of a medical version for the US Navy
- J-5CO
- Prototype of a reconnaissance version, later converted to the L-4X as a prototype for the military version L-14
- J-5D
- Version built in 1946 with a Lycoming engine with 125 PS (92 kW)
Military designations
- YL-14
- Prototype of a liaison aircraft for the US Army , five copies built
- L-14
- Production version of the YL-14, out of 845 copies originally ordered, only 9 copies were completed and sold to civilian owners after the order was canceled
- HE-1
- Medical variant for the US Navy with a hinged rear for loading stretchers , 100 built copies and later as AE-1 denotes
- UC-83
- Four copies of the type J-5A, which were used by Panama for military purposes. Was later referred to as the L-4F
- L-4F
- Four UC-83 and another 39 J-5A of the Panamanian military
- L-4G
- military variant of the J-5B, 34 units built
Technical specifications
Parameter | Data |
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crew | 1 |
Passengers | 2 |
length | 22.5 ft (6.9 m ) |
span | 35.5 ft (10.8 m) |
height | 6.8 ft (2.1 m) |
Empty mass | 830 lb (376 kg ) |
Max. Takeoff mass | 1,450 lb (658 kg) |
Cruising speed | 75 kn (139 km / h ) |
Top speed | 83 kn (154 km / h) |
Service ceiling | 10,200 ft (3,109 m) |
Range | 370 NM (685 km ) |
Engines | 1 × Lycoming GO-145-C2 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roger Peperell: Piper Aircraft and Their forerunners . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1987, ISBN 0-85130-149-5 , pp. 43 (English).
- ^ A b Rod Simpson: Airlife's World Aircraft . Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-115-3 , pp. 430 (English).
- ^ FAA Registry. Federal Aviation Administration , March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .