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Waco Custom Cabin series
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The Waco Custom Cabin' series were a mid to late 1930's series of sesquiplane aircraft built by the Waco Aircraft Company.
Variants
(per Aerofiles)
- AGC-8
- 300hp Jacobs L-6 engine. 17 built, 2 modified to EGC-8.
- DGC-7
- 285hp Wright R-760 engine. 2 built.
- EGC-7, EGC-8,
- 320hp Wright R-760 engine. 38 built. 3 used by US Navy & Coast Guard as J2W.
- MGC-8
- Menasco Pirate inline engine. Unknown number built.
- UGC-7
- 210hp Continental R-670 engine. None built.
- VGC-7
- 240hp Continental W-670 engine. None built.
- YGC-7, YGC-8
- 225hp Jacobs L-4 engine. Possibly none built.
- ZGC-7, ZGC-8
- 285hp Jacobs L-5 engine. 28 built.
- AQC-6
- 300hp Jacobs L-5 engine. 7 built.
- CQC-6
- 250hp Wright R-760 engine. None built.
- DQC-6
- 285hp Wright R-760 engine. 11 built.
- EQC-6
- 320hp Wright R-760 engine. 20 built. USCG used 3 as J2W-1.
- SQC-6
- 300hp P&W Wasp Jr. engine. None built.
- UQC-6
- 210hp Continental R-670 or 225hp W-670-K or 220hp W-670-6. Probably none built.
- VQC-6
- 250hp Continental W-670 engine.
- YQC-6
- 225hp Jacobs L-4 engine. 13 built. 1 ex-RAAF example re-engined with 200hp DeHavilland Gypsy 6 inline engine.
- ZQC-6
- 285hp Jacobs L-5 engine. 68 built. USAAF designations UC-72H, UC-72Q; Swedish AF Tp-8a
File:Waco CUC NC15233 Herrick Colln MNn 13.06.06R.jpg
Waco CUC of 1935. Anoka-Blaine airport near Minneapolis, June 2006
- CUC
- 250hp Wright R-760-E engine. 30+ built of all CUC types.
- CUC-1
- 285hp Wright R-760-E1 engine.
- CUC-2
- 320hp Wright R-760 engine.
- UOC
- 210hp Continental R-670-A or 225hp Continental R-670-B engine. 4 built.
- YOC
- 225hp Jacobs L-4 engine. 50+ YOC & YOC-1 built.
- YOC-1
- 285hp Jacobs L-5 engine.
- AVN-8
- Nosewheel Type with 300hp Jacobs L-6 engine. 15 built.
- ZVN-7 & ZVN-8
- Nosewheel Type with 285hp Jacobs L-5 engine. 6 built.
- ARE Aristocrat
- 300hp Jacobs L-6 engine. 4 built.
- HRE Aristocrat
- 285hp Lycoming R-680 engine. 5 built.
- SRE Aristocrat
- 450hp P&W R-985 Wasp engine. 21 built.
- WRE Aristocrat
- 420hp Wright R-975 engine. None built.
Specifications (ZQC-6)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 4
- Length: 25 ft 3 in ()
- Wingspan: 33 ft 3 in (upper)
28 ft 3 in (lower) () - Height: 8 ft 6 in ()
- Wing area: 130 sq ft (upper)
Template:Convert () - Empty weight: 1,882 lb ()
- Max takeoff weight: 3,250 lb ()
- Powerplant: 1× Jacobs L-4 7-cylinder radial, 225 hp ()
Performance
See also
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Brandley (1981). Waco Airplanes - Ask Any Pilot - The Versatile Cabin Series. R.H. Brandly. ISBN 0-9602734-2-5.
- Brandley (1989). Waco Airplanes - Ask Any Pilot - The Authentic History of Waco Airplanes and Biographies of.... R.H. Brandly. ISBN 0-9602734-0-9.
- FAA Registry Search for Waco
- Juptner, Joseph P. U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 1 Los Angeles, California: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1962. Library of Congress # 62-15967.
- Brandly, Raymond H. Waco Aircraft Production 1923-1942 Troy, Ohio: Waco Aircraft Co., 1986 (2nd Edition). ISBN-10 096027345X, ISBN-13 978-0960273454
- Kobernuss, Fred O. Waco - Symbol of Courage and Excellence unk : Mystic Bay Publisher, 1999. ISBN 1887961011.
- O'Neill, Terry. from Sport Aviation March/April 1964
- Various. Aerofiles Waco Page
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