Rearwin Cloudster
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| 8135 Cloudster at New England Air Museum, Bradley Locks, CT |
| Role |
Utility aircraft |
| National origin |
United States |
| Manufacturer |
Rearwin |
| Designer |
Robert Rummell |
| First flight |
1939 |
| Number built |
125 |
The Rearwin Cloudster was a civil utility aircraft produced in the United States in 1939.[1][2] It was a strut-braced, high-wing monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cabin and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.[2]
It was a larger and more powerful derivative of the Rearwin Sportster with the 8090 and 8125 models having side-by-side seating instead of the Sportster's tandem seating. The 8135 Cloudster had three seats.[3]
Twenty examples were produced with tandem seating for Pan Am to use as trainers[1][2], and another 25 Cloudsters were exported as trainers to Iran.[2]
Variants
- Cloudster 8090
- Version with Ken-Royce 5F 90 h.p. engine - two seat
- Cloudster 8125
- Version with Ken-Royce 7F 125 h.p. engine - two seat
- Cloudster 8135
- Version with Ken-Royce 7G 125 h.p engine - three seat
- Cloudster 8135T
- Tandem version of Cloudster 8135 for Pan Am
- Rearwin C-102
- A Cloudster 8135 impressed by the US Army Air Force as the UC-102A.
Specifications (8135)
Data from "Rearwin Cloudster"
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1–2 passengers
- Length: 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
- Height: 7 ft 4 in (2.23 m)
- Wing area: 162 ft2 (15.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,140 lb (520 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,900 lb (860 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Ken-Royce 7G, 125 hp (93 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 135 mph (216 km/h)
- Range: 600 miles (960 km)
- Service ceiling: 16,000 ft (4,900 m)
- Rate of climb: 860 ft/min (4.4 m/s)
Notes
- ^ a b Taylor 1989, 757
- ^ a b c d The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft p.2792
- ^ Green, 1965, p. 290
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