Английская Википедия:Culver Model V
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The Culver Model V was a two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Culver Aircraft Company.
Design and development
Based on the pre-World War II Cadet and using the wartime experience with radio-controlled aircraft the company designed a two-seat cabin monoplane. The Model V had a low-set cantilever wing with the outer panels having a pronounced dihedral. It had a tricycle retractable landing gear and an enclosed cabin with side by side seating for two. It was unique in that it had a system called Simpli-Fly Control where the aircraft was automatically trimmed for takeoff, landing and cruise, by turning a small metal wheel between the two seats and lining up two arrows with the mode of flying the aircraft. Interconnecting controls then adjusted the trim according to the arrow settings.[1]
In 1956 the Superior Aircraft Company bought the assets of Culver and put the Model V back into production as the Superior Satellite. The main difference was the use of a 95 hp Continental engine which increased the cruise speed to 130 mph (209 km/h). Only a prototype and five production aircraft were built.
Variants
- V-1
- Initial production variant.Шаблон:Citation needed
- V-2
- Improved variant.Шаблон:Citation needed
- Superior Satellite
- 1956 variant with a 95hp Continental engine.
- TD4C
- USN radio-controlled target version of the V-2
- UC
- The utility version of the TD4C, also converted to target drone as the UC-1K.
Specifications (V-1)
References
Notes
Bibliography
External links
- Photo at aerofiles.com
- "Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science large pull out color photo
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- ↑ "Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science bottom page 30
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