Taylorcraft B
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Model B | |
|---|---|
 1946 model Taylorcraft BC-12-D |
|
| Type | personal and training aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Taylorcraft Aircraft |
| Designed by | Clarence Gilbert Taylor |
| Developed from | Taylorcraft Model A |
The Taylorcraft B is a light, side-by-side two place, single engine, high wing general aviation monoplane that was built by the Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation of Alliance, Ohio.[1]
The aircraft was available as a land plane and a float plane.
[edit] Specifications (Taylorcraft BC-12D)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.98 m)
- Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Wing area: 184 ft² (17.1 m²)
- Empty weight: 670 lb (304 kg)
- Useful load: 511 lb (233 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,150 lb (522 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Continental A-65-8, Continental A-65 65 hp at 2,300 RPM (49 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 91 mph
- Range: 500 mi (805 km)
- Service ceiling 17,000 ft (5,183 m)
- Rate of climb: 600 ft/min ()
[edit] See also
Related development Taylorcraft Auster
Comparable aircraft
References
- ^ Plane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 75. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
|
||||||||||||||
 |
This article on an aircraft of the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
