Taylor Cub
The Taylor E-2 Cub ( " Cub " can be seen in German about with " tollpatschigem animal boy " translate ) was a light single-engine passenger aircraft of the U.S. producer Taylor Aircraft. It was the forerunner of the highly successful Piper J- third
History
In 1930 the Taylor Aircraft Company with the construction of a high-deck with an open cockpit and two seats arranged one behind the other, a steel tube fuselage with fabric covering and wooden wings. The drive initially consisted of a Brownback Tiger Kitten engine with 15 kW. The name of the aircraft, " cub ", goes back to the engine designation (" young tiger "). The type name was E-2, so it was the fifth Taylor design and the model was designed for two people.
The Tiger Kitten engine proved to be too weak. In the first flight on 12 September 1930, the aircraft took off only one and a half meters from the ground. From October 1930 Salmson AD -9 radial engine was used, which, resulted in sufficient power, but caused high costs.
An improved E-2 was from February 1931 available that used the newly developed Continental A-40 engine with 28 kW. On 15 June 1931, the aircraft received its approval. In 1931, twenty-two Cubs sold for each 1,325 U.S. dollars. As of February 1932, all machines were given a closed cockpit. 320 aircraft were sold until production ceased in 1936, the price was now risen to $ 1,475.
Ongoing problems with the untested A-40 engine forced Taylor to search for an alternative drive. First, we chose the three-cylinder radial engine Aeromarine AR- 340. The thirty-three equipped with this engine models were given the designation F -2. The machines offered for $ 1,495 were built from 1934 to the destruction of the factory in 1937.
The second alternative was the self-developed engine T-40, which was incorporated into the production aircraft number 149. This was the type designation G -2. About the drive no information has been published.
The G-2 Cub in 1935 converted to the Szekely SR -3 -35- engine, again a three-cylinder radial engine. This forced a new type designation, and so it was renamed H -2. Later, three F -2 were equipped with this engine and also referred to as H -2.