Thatcher CX4

CX4
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Thatcher Aircraft, Inc.
Designer David Thatcher
First flight 2004
Status In production (2015)
Number built 47 (2015)


The Thatcher CX4 is an American-designed aircraft for amateur construction designed by David Thatcher of Pensacola, Florida and supplied by Thatcher Aircraft, Inc..

Design and development

The CX4 is a low wing, single-seat, conventional landing gear equipped aircraft, designed to be simple to build and safe to fly. The name of the plane, CX4, is taken from an old radio show featuring Hop Harrigan, whose plane was called CX4.

The aircraft is all metal, 6061-T6 aluminium, except the cowling. The aluminum main gear legs are sourced from a Monnett Sonerai with hydraulic disc toe brakes. It has a heater and ventilation system for all season flying. The aircraft can be built with an optional 3 gal aux fuel tank. The CX4's standard specified powerplant is a Volkswagen air-cooled engine. The design load factor is 3.8 g, with an ultimate load of 5.7 g.[1]

The CX4 first flew in 2004. As of December 2014, there were 47 flying CX4s in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States. The fleet had flown 3084.1 hours total.[2]

Specifications (Thatcher CX4)

Data from Sport Aviation March 2009

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. ↑ Thatcher CX4 (May 2012). "Specifications". Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ↑ CX4 Community (20 February 2015). "Completed and Flying". Retrieved 20 February 2015.

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