Taylor E-2

Taylor E-2 Cub
Type:	Light aircraft
Design country:	United States
Manufacturer:	Taylor Aircraft Company
First flight:	September 12, 1930
Production time:	1931 to 1936
Number of pieces:	320

The Taylor E-2 Cub (“Cub” can be translated in German as “clumsy animal boy”) was a light, single-engine touring aircraft made by the US manufacturer Taylor Aircraft Company . It was the forerunner of the Taylor J-2 and the very successful Piper J-3 .

history

In 1930, the Taylor Aircraft Company began building a high- wing aircraft with an open cockpit and two seats arranged one behind the other, a tubular steel fuselage with fabric covering and wooden wings . The drive initially consisted of a Brownbach Tiger Kitten engine with 15 kW. The name of the aircraft, "Cub", goes back to the engine designation ("young tiger"). The type designation was E-2 , so it was the fifth Taylor design, and the model was designed for two people.

The Tiger Kitten engine turned out to be too weak. On its first flight on September 12, 1930, the aircraft took off only one and a half meters from the ground. From October 1930, a Salmson AD-9 radial engine was used, which had sufficient power but was too costly.

An improved E-2 was available from February 1931, which used the newly developed Continental A-40 engine with 28 kW. On June 15, 1931, the aircraft received its approval. 1931 22 Cub were for each 1,325 US dollars sold. From February 1932, all machines were given a closed cockpit. 320 aircraft had been sold by the end of production in 1936; the price had meanwhile risen to US $ 1,475.

Persistent difficulties with the untested A-40 engine forced Taylor to look for an alternative drive. Initially, the three-cylinder Aeromarine AR-340 star engine was chosen . The 33 models equipped with this engine were given the designation F-2 . Selling for $ 1,495, the machines were built from 1934 until the factory was destroyed in 1937.

The second alternative was the self-developed T-40 engine, which was installed in the serial aircraft number 149. This was given the type designation G-2 . No information was published about the drive.

The G-2 Cub was converted to the Szekely SR-3 -35 engine in 1935 , again a three-cylinder radial engine. This forced a new type designation and so the name was changed to H-2 . Three F-2s were later fitted with this engine and were also designated as H-2s.

Technical data (E-2)

Parameter	Data
crew	1
Passengers	1
length	6.78 m
span	10.74 m
height	1.98 m
Wing area	17.1 m²
Empty weight	252 kg
Takeoff weight	440 kg
Cruising speed	100 km / h
Top speed	113 km / h
Service ceiling	3700 m
Range	290 km
Engines	a 4-cylinder - piston engine Continental A-40-2 with 28 kW (38 HP)

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Taylor Cub  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

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