Taylor Chummy
| Taylor Chummy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Light aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
1928 |
| Number of pieces: |
6th |
The Taylor Chummy was a light aircraft produced by the US manufacturer Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corporation in the late 1920s. The Chummy was the starting point for a long line of development of small, low-cost aircraft, which were manufactured by Taylor and Piper Aircraft in the US and Taylorcraft Airplanes in the UK until the 1950s .
history
The Chummy was a stripped high- wing aircraft with two seats lying next to each other and was the first construction of the Taylor Brothers' own, which had previously only converted two other aircraft on behalf of customers. The initial name was Arrowing Chummy , since the company of the two brothers was called Arrowing for a short time in 1927. From the end of 1927 to 1931 the company name was then Taylor Brothers Aircraft Corp., so that the machine is predominantly referred to as Taylor Chummy in the literature.
Gordon Taylor, one of the company's two founders, fell fatally in 1928 while transporting a chummy to an exhibition in Detroit . The model did not sell well because, due to the complex construction, a sales price of 4,000 US dollars, twice the purchase price of a luxury sedan at the time, had to be charged.
From the Chummy, Gilbert Taylor then developed the Taylor Cub, a significantly cheaper to manufacture successor model, which eventually led to the Taylor J-2 Cub to the Piper J-3 Cub, one of the world's most successful light aircraft.
variants
- A-2 chummy
- at first only offered as Chummy or Arrowing Chummy. The alphanumeric designation A-2 was not used until 1930. Two copies were made with the license plates NX4203 and NX4901. The drive was a 90-horsepower Anzani- or a 125-horsepower Siemens Halske Sh 12 - radial engine .
- B-2 Chummy (also B-2 Arrowing)
- such as A-2, but with a 100-horsepower Kinner-K-5 - five-cylinder built -Sternmotor, five copies
- C-2
- 90-PS-Kinner-K-5-engine, a target with an airfoil with a variable setting angle for the Guggenheim safe Airplane Competition have been fitted
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data of the A-2 | Data of the B-2 | Data of the C-2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| crew | 2 | ||
| length | 6.71 m | 6.86 m | |
| span | 10.37 m | ||
| Empty mass | 430 kg | 490 kg | |
| Takeoff mass | 673 kg | 745 kg | |
| Cruising speed | 160 km / h | ||
| Top speed | 175 km / h | ||
| Range | 500 NM (926 km) | 400 NM (741 km) | |
| Engine: radial engine | 1 × Anzani, 90 PS (66 kW) or 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 12 , 125 PS (92 kW) |
1 × Kinner K-5 , 100 PS (74 kW) | 1 × Kinner K 5, 90 PS (66 kW) |
See also
literature
- Taylor Chummy and Cub . In: AERO - the illustrated collective work of aviation, issue 146, 1985, p. 4083
- Mike Jerram: For business and pleasure - Part one . In: Airplane Monthly April 1987, pp. 188-191
- Chet Peek: The Taylorcraft Story , Aviation Heritage Library Series, 1992, ISBN 0-943691-08-7
- Taylorcraft - A Complex Classic . In: AIR Enthusiast Forty-Five, March to May 1992, p. 52
- Hellmut Penner, Frank Herzog: Piper Cub , Motorbuch-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-613-03603-1
Web links
- Summary of the history with technical data at www.aerofiles.com (accessed on October 5, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chet Peek: The Taylorcraft Story , p. 6
- ↑ Photo of the Chummy A-2 with the registration number NX 4203 (accessed on October 5, 2015)
- ↑ Photo of a Chummy B-2 with the registration number NC 492 (accessed on October 5, 2015)
- ↑ Photo of the Chummy C-2 N7303 (accessed October 5, 2015)
