Alcor Duo-6

Alcor Duo 6from the April, 1935 Aero Digest:

• President and Chief Engineer: Allan H. Lockheed. Vice-president, General Manager and Sales Manager: Homer T. Seale. Export representatives: Sverre Krabbe, Oslo, Norway. Companhia Commercial de Representacoes, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, S. A. Tugan, Ltd., Sydney, Australia.

Five- or eight-place high-wing monoplane.

Two horizontally disposed Menasco engines, 210 horsepower each.

Span 42 feet. Length overall 28 feet 5 inches. Height overall 9 feet 6 inches. Wing area 282 square feet.

Power loading 12.1 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 18.2 pounds per square foot.

Empty weight 2885 pounds. Useful load 2205 pounds. Payload 1300 pounds. Gross weight 5090 pounds.

Fuel capacity 110 gallons. Oil capacity 10 gallons.

Maximum speed 190 miles per hour. Cruising speed 160 miles per hour. Landing speed 57 miles per hour. Service ceiling 18,500 feet. Rate of climb 1400 feet per minute. Cruising range 660 miles.

Fuselage: segment-unit, chrome molybdenum frame and laminated wood skin. Wing: cantilever type; modified M-6 wing section; wood structure, box spars and laminated wood skin; ailerons are inset; flaps of laminated wood. Tail group: cantilever type; laminated wood frame, adjustable stabilizer. Fixed divided-type landing gear; two vertical struts extending to front main beam- of wing; equipped with 9.50 X 12 Goodyear airwheels, internal expanding hydraulic brakes, hydraulic shock absorbers, streamlined pants.

Standard equipment includes Exide battery, Lycoming-Smith controllable-pitch propeller, non-shatterable glass throughout, heater for cabin. Baggage capacity 40 cubic feet.

Instruments: manifold pressure gauge, oil pressure gauges, oil temperature gauges, tachometers, altimeter, air speed indicator, hank and turn indicator, compass, rate of climb indicator, clock. Also see data in June, 1934, AERO DIGEST.

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