Piper PA-6

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PA-6 Sky Sedan
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Type: Small plane
Design country:

United StatesUnited States United States

Manufacturer:

Piper Aircraft

First flight:

March 29, 1946

Number of pieces:

1

The Piper PA-6 Sky Sedan is a four-seat small aircraft from the US manufacturer Piper Aircraft , of which only a prototype was built.

development and construction

At the end of 1944, Piper announced a series of aircraft types that it would build after World War II . One of them was the PWA-6 Sky Sedan (Post War Airplane 6). In 1945, an unsuccessful based on Pipers was trainer aircraft PT-1 is a prototype built. The machine was a cantilevered low- wing aircraft with a conventional tail unit and a retractable tail wheel landing gear . The fuselage consisted of a fabric-covered metal frame with a four-seater cabin . Originally, the aircraft was to be powered by a Franklin O-335 with a rated output of 140  hp (103  kW ). In the end, however, a Continental E165 with 165 PS (121 kW) was installed. When the prototype made its maiden flight , the name had already been changed to PA-6. Construction of a second aircraft began in 1947 but was not completed. In contrast to the first prototype, it was an all-metal construction with a Continental E185 with 205 hp (151 kW) and a one-piece windshield . However, neither of the two patterns went into series production .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 3
length 26  ft (7.9  m )
span 35.7 ft (10.9 m)
Wing area 18.63  ft² (1.73  m² )
height 8.2 ft (2.5 m)
Empty mass 1,038  lb (471  kg )
Max. Takeoff mass 1,975 lb (896 kg)
Cruising speed 125  mph (201  km / h )
Top speed 140 mph (225 km / h)
Service ceiling 14,000 ft (4,267 m)
Range 500  mi (805  km )
Engines 1 × Continental E165

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roger Peperell: Piper Aircraft , Air-Britain, Tonbridge 2006, ISBN 0-85130-378-1 , S. 122nd
  2. ↑ Piper PA-6 Sky Sedan . In: Air Progress . Challenge Publications, November 1978, ISSN  0002-2500 , pp. 85 (English).
  3. ^ Tim Brady: The American Aviation Experience: A History . Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Illinois 2000, ISBN 0-8093-2371-0 , pp. 244 (English).
  4. ↑ Dr. Janet Bednarek: General Aviation - An Overview. United States Centennial of Flight Commission, September 15, 2012, archived from the original ; accessed on March 18, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ Piper PA-6 Sky Sedan. All-Aero, accessed March 18, 2020 .