Stout Bushmaster 2000
The Aircraft Hydro- Forming Bushmaster 2000 was a commercial airliner from the 1960s, which was originally manufactured by Hayden Aircraft Corporation. The model was tried to revive the concept of the Ford Tri-Motor.
History
William Bushnell Stout, the designer of the first tri- engine variant and his partner Robert Hayden proposed to produce this robust and reliable model in an updated form as a vehicle for remote and otherwise inaccessible areas again. In addition to the installation of modern engines, the fuselage should be widened to accommodate the new cargo containers can. To produce the Hayden Aircraft Corporation was launched on 15 January 1955 in California. Stout was the technical director, the other members of an advisory board of the company were George Otto Noville and Gene May, a former test pilot for Douglas.
Due to the enggesteckten financial framework of the company, many of the originally planned modifications could not be made. A survey of needs in Alaska, Canada and Australia yielded the result that economic production is possible on the basis of the production of a prototype and 99 production aircraft. It then took 11 ½ years but was built by the company's founding until the first bus master and could be flown in August 1966. Even in 1966 the construction of approximately 1000 machines was planned. However, due to financial and other problems, it did not happen.
Up to the first start of the second specimen in 1985, it took even 30 years. The prototype with the registration N7501V today belongs to the existence of the Golden Wings Flying Museum in Minneapolis, which is maintained by Greg Herrick. The second machine with the identifier N750RW had a number of different owners. She collapsed on 25 September 2004 from the start of a test flight in Fullerton (California ) and had to be written off. A third cell was never finished and is located in a trailer park in Arizona.
Designations
The first prototype was created in 1966 called the Stout Bushmaster, it then Hayden Bushmaster 15 -AT was in continuation of the original system that was used in the Ford Tri-Motor. The last name was there 14-A. Later the machine was renamed Aircraft hydroforming Bushmaster and received on 8 October 1988, the pattern approval No.A19WE.
Technical Description
The basic concept of the Ford Tri-Motor as a three -engined high-wing monoplane with fixed spur wheel chassis was retained. However, stronger and lighter engines and propellers and a hydraulic suspension damping were used. In addition, the visibility conditions improved in the cockpit, reinforced the cabin floor and added a cargo door. The engines were covered.