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Waco Standard Cabin series
The Waco Standard Cabin series is a range of American cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company in the 1930's.
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Development
The standard cabin series were Waco's first successful cabin biplane design, and was based on the F series airframe. The Model C series had a raised centre and rear fuselage to form a four-seat cabin which was entered through a door over the lower wing and had a rather ugly framed rear-view window dispensed with in the later standard cabins. The initial QDC model of 1931 had a Template:Convert Continental A70 cowled engine and was fitted with a triangulated shock-cord tailwheel undercarriage.[1]
1932 brought the OEC and UEC models which were powered respectively by the Template:Convert Kinner C5 and the Template:Convert Continental R-670. Continuous refinement and improvement by Waco Aircraft resulted in production of various sub-models continuing until 1939.[2]
In 1935, Waco introduced its Custom Cabin series (which featured a sesquiplane layout without ailerons on the lower wing) and decided to differentiate between the Standard and Custom Cabin types by appending an S to the model designator. in 1936 the C-S was replaced with an 'S' signifying 'Standard'.[3]
Operational history
The Standard Cabin series, with its cabin comfort, proved to be popular with private pilot owners. Many were purchased by small commercial aviation firms and non-aviation businesses. Approximately 135 Standard Cabins series aircraft of several sub-models are currently registered in the USA. [4]
Variants
(per Aerofiles)
- OEC
- with Template:Convert Kinner C-5 engine. 3 built.
- UEC
- with Template:Convert Continental R-670 engine. 40 built.
- BEC
- with Template:Convert Wright R-540 engine. 1 built (converted from OEC or UEC).
- CJC & CJC-S
- with Template:Convert Wright R-760 engine. 41 CJC & DJC built.
- DJC, DJC-S & DJS
- with Template:Convert Wright R-760 engine.
- UKC, UKC-S & UKS-6; UKS-7
- with Template:Convert Continental R-670. 40 built.
- VKS-7
- with Template:Convert Continental R-670-B engine. 18 built.
- VKS-7F
- VKS-7 for CPTP with flaps. 21 built.
- YKC, YKC-S & YKS-6; YKS-7
- with Template:Convert Jacobs L-4 engine. 60 YKC built, 22 YKC-S built, 65 YKS-6 built.
- ZKC, ZKC-S & ZKS; ZKS-7
- with Template:Convert Jacobs L-5 engine.
- BDC
- with Template:Convert Wright R-540 engine. None built.
- ODC
- with Template:Convert Kinner C-5 engine. modified to QDC.
- PDC
- with Template:Convert Jacobs LA-1 engine. 2 built on special order.
- QDC
- with Template:Convert Continental A-70 engine. 37 built.
- UDC
- with Template:Convert Continental R-670 engine. None built.
- UIC
- with Template:Convert Continental R-670 engine. 83 built.
Specifications (YKS-6)
Data from Waco Airplanes - Ask Any Pilot 1989[5]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 4 passengers
- Length: 25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)
- Wingspan: 33 ft 3 in (10.13 m)
- Height: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
- Powerplant: 1× Jacobs L-4 radial engine, 225 hp (168 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 147 mph (237 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 130 mph (209 km/h)
- Landing speed: 49 mph (79 km/h))
- Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.06 m/s)
See also
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Green, William (1965). The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN none.
- Simpson, Rod (2001). Airlife's World Aircraft. Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-115-3.
- 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
External links
Data on Waco aircraft at Aerofiles.com
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