TAYLOR Cub E-2 and F-2


TAYLOR Cub E-2 and F-2

Taylor Aircraft Company, Bradford, Pennsylvania

Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:

• President and General Manager: C. G. Taylor. Secretary-Treasurer: W. T. Piper. Sales Manager: T. Weld. Chief Engineer: W. C. Jamouneau. Export representative: Frederic Henjes, Jr., 24 State Street, New York City, New York.

Two-place open or closed high-wing land monoplane. (Models E-2 and F-2 respectively; data on F-2 indicated in brackets.) A TC 455 (525). Continental A40-2 engine, 37 horsepower; (Aeromarine AR-3-40 engine, 40 horsepower).

Span 35 feet 3 inches. Length overall 22 feet 3 inches; (22 feet). Height overall 6 feet 6 inches. Wing area 184 square feet. Power loading 25 (23.8) pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 5.06 (5.16) pounds per square foot.

Weight empty 532 (538) pounds. Useful load 400 (412) pounds. Payload 170 (175) pounds. Gross weight 932 (950) pounds. Fuel capacity 9 gallons. Oil capacity 1 gallon. Maximum speed 85 (94) miles per hour. Cruising speed 70 (85) miles per hour. Landing speed 28 (30) miles per hour. Service ceiling 12,000 (14,000) feet. Rate of climb 450 (600) feet per minute. Cruising range 200 (175) miles.

Fuselage: welded steel tubing, Warren truss type, fabric covered. Removable engine mount. Pyralin windows. Wing: solid spruce spars, with ribs of riveted aluminum alloy drawn sections, fabric covered. Wings are supported above the fuselage by a system of steel tube struts, which forms the framework of the cockpit. Drag struts, steel tubing. Lift struts, streamlined steel tubing. Tail group: monoplane type; welded steel tubes and formed sections, cloth covered. Stabilizer adjustable in flight; fin adjustable. Fixed-type landing gear with Goodrich 7.00 X 4 tires; Shinn Devices Co. cast aluminum brakes; shock cord rings.

Instruments: tachometer, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, altimeter. Winter enclosure, special equipment. Sensenich Bros. wood propeller .