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Waco N series
The Waco N series is a range of 1930s American-built cabin biplanes with a fixed tricycle undercarriage produced by the Waco Aircraft Company.
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Design and development
Waco introduced the luxury N series biplane in 1937. It was based on the Waco C series five-seat Custom Cabin Waco with that model's curved pointed wings, but with an unusual fixed tricycle undercarriage and a modified tail with a lower rudder extension to give increased side area. The Waco N was fitted with flaps on all four wings to improve the aircraft's landing characteristics.[1]
Operational history
The prototype, was designated ZVN-7, with the '7' indicating its year of manufacture (1937), and was powered by the Template:Convert Jacobs L-5 engine.[2] Only around 20 examples of the N series were completed, as the AVN-8, and ZVN-8. A few were impressed by the USAAC during the Second World War as the UC-72J and UC-72L.
An example of the AVN-8 is maintained in airworthy condition by the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Dauster Field near St Louis Missouri.
Variants
- ZVN-7 and ZVN-8
- Template:Convert Jacobs L-5
- AVN-8
- Template:Convert Jacobs L-6 engine
Specifications (AVN-8)
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
- Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
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