Taylorcraft B
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| 1946 model Taylorcraft BC-12-D | |
| Role | personal and training aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Taylorcraft Aircraft |
| Designer | Clarence Gilbert Taylor |
| Developed from | Taylorcraft Model A |
| Variants | Taylorcraft Auster |
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 floatplane.
[edit] Specifications (Taylorcraft 19)
Data from Plane and Pilot[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Empty weight: 860 lb (390 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 18 U.S. gallons (68 L; 15 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C-85 four-cylinder horizontally opposed aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed metal
Performance
- Maximum speed: 120 mph (190 km/h; 100 kn)
- Cruise speed: 110 mph (96 kn; 180 km/h)
- Stall speed: 38 mph (33 kn; 61 km/h)
- Range: 300 mi (261 nmi; 483 km)
- Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (5,182 m)
- Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
[edit] See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b Plane and Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 75. Werner & Werner Corp, Santa Monica CA, 1977. ISBN 0-918312-00-0
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