Cunningham-Hall GA21M

Cunningham-Hall GA21MFrom Aero Digest, April, 1935:

Cunningham-Hall Aircraft Corporation, Rochester, New York

• President: F. E. Cunningham. Vice President: J. C. Dryer. Sales Manager: W. R. R. Winans. Chief Engineer: R. F. Hall.

Two- or three-place open low-wing monoplane. Warner Super Scarab engine, 145 horsepower.

Span 30 feet. Length overall 19 feet 8 inches. Height overall 6 feet 6 inches. Wing area 130 square feet.

Power loading 12.8 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 14.2 pounds per square foot.

Empty weight 1300 pounds. Useful load 550 to 750 pounds. Payload from 160 to 360 pounds. Gross weight from 1850 to 2050 pounds. Fuel capacity 32 gallons. Oil capacity 3.75 gallons.

Maximum speed 162 miles per hour. Cruising speed 140 miles per hour. Landing speed 40 miles per hour. Service ceiling 17,000 feet. Rate of climb 1300 feet per minute. Cruising range 500 miles.

Fuselage: all-metal; monocoque construction; smooth skin stressed; side-by-side seating arrangement; baggage compartment aft of seats with provision for converting space into room for third person. Wing: fabric and metal covered; all-metal construction; beams heat treated chrome molybdenum tubing; bolted truss type; lateral surfaces mounted in upper rear surface of wing above flaps; flap extends across span of wing and is of all-metal construction; bracing consists of a pair of streamlined wires forward of the cockpit with flying wires doubled and anchored at rear of undercarriage structure. Tail group; fabric covered; metal structure; balanced rudder; adjustable stabilizer. Retractable landing gear equipped with 6.50 X 10 tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, Aerol shock absorbers; retraction is into streamlined chassis fairings. Plane and engine controls are ball-bearing actuated.

Standard equipment includes navigation lights, Hamilton Standard metal propeller, wheel position indicating lights.

Instruments: oil pressure gauge, fuel pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, tachometer, compass, altimeter, air speed indicator, electric fuel-level gauge.