Piper J-5

Piper J-5
Type:	Small plane
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Piper Aircraft
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

Former Piper AE-1 of the US Navy with an opening stern for loading casualties

Piper J-5A Cub Cruiser with wing panels equipped for banner towing at North Perry Airport in Florida March 1987

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
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

Web links

Commons : Piper J-5 - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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 .

[Peperell1987p43-1] Roger Peperell: Piper Aircraft and Their forerunners . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1987, ISBN 0-85130-149-5 , pp. 43 (English).

[Simpson2005p430-2] A ^b Rod Simpson: Airlife's World Aircraft . Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-115-3 , pp. 430 (English).

[3] FAA Registry. Federal Aviation Administration , March 18, 2020, accessed March 18, 2020 .