Loening M-2 Kitten
| M-2 Kitten | |
|---|---|
| Role | Ultralight |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Loening |
| First flight | 1918 |
| Primary user | United States Navy |
| Number built | 3 (plus 1 x Loening M-3) |
The Loening M-2 Kitten was an light aircraft produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s, for use aboard capital ships and submarines of the United States Navy (USN).
Design
The M-2 was a small monoplane designed for operation from battleships or submarines, with either floats or wheels for operations. Three aircraft were built with USN serials A442-A444;[1] the first used an ABC Gnat, but the others were powered by a Lawrance L-3 radial engine.
Loening developed a dedicated floatplane version of the M-2, the Loening M-3, of which one airframe (Navy serial A5469) was built for the Navy.[2]
Specifications (M-2 landplane)
Data from Aerofiles : Loening[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: Landplane: 224 lb (102 kg)
- Floatplane: 240 lb (110 kg)
- Length: 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
- Floatplane: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
- Wingspan: 22 ft (6.7 m)
- Floatplane: 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
- Gross weight: 240 lb (109 kg)
- Powerplant: × Lawrance L-3 3-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 55 hp (41 kW) (#2 and #3)
- (#1) 32 hp (24 kW) ABC Gnat 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
References
- ^ Baugher, Joe. "US Navy and US Marine Corps BuNs, First Series - A51 to A6001". www.joebaugher.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b Eckland, K.O. (11 March 2008). "Loening". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.