Engineering:Taylor Cub

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Short description: American light aircraft

Cub
Taylor E-2 Cub at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania.
General information
ManufacturerTaylor Aircraft Company
Designer
C. Gilbert Taylor
Number built353
History
Manufactured1930–1936
First flight12 September 1930
Developed fromTaylor Chummy
Developed intoPiper J-3

The Taylor Cub was originally designed by C. Gilbert Taylor as a small, light and simple utility aircraft, evolved from the Taylor Chummy. It is the forefather of the popular Piper J-3 Cub, and total production of the Cub series was 23,512 aircraft.[1]

Design and development

In 1930 with C. G. Taylor as Chief Engineer, the Taylor Aircraft Company embarked on the production of a two-seat tandem low-powered aircraft, designated the Taylor Cub. The Cub featured a design with wings mounted high on the fuselage, an open cockpit, fabric-covered tubular steel fuselage and wooden wings which used the USA-35B airfoil. It was originally powered by a 20 horsepower (15 kilowatts) Brownback "Tiger Kitten" engine. Since the young offspring of the tiger is called a cub, Taylor's accountant, Gilbert Hadrel, was inspired to name the little airplane "The Cub".[2]

The "Tiger Kitten" engine roared but was not strong enough to power the Cub. On September 12, 1930, a test flight of the Taylor Cub ended abruptly when the aircraft ran out of runway; the underpowered engine was unable to lift the monoplane higher than five feet (1.5 meters) above the ground. In October, a Salmson AD-9 radial engine produced in France was fitted to the Cub giving good performance, but it was expensive to maintain.

Variants

Approved Type Certificate A-525 for the Taylor F-2.
Taylor E-2
Prototype first flown in September 1930 with a 20 hp (15 kW) Brownbach Tiger Kitten engine, engine changed to a 40 hp (30 kW) Salmson D-9 radial in October 1930. although the D-9 had enough power for the E-2 it was expensive and was built to metric sizes which would have caused maintenance problems.
Taylor E-2 Cub
Production variant of the E-2 with the Continental A-40-2 or in later production the improved A-40-3 engine, produced from 1931 to 1936.
Taylor F-2
Persistent troubles with the early A-40 engines on the E-2 led to a search for other suitable powerplants. First choice was the Aeromarine AR-3-40, a three-cylinder air-cooled radial engine which produced 40 horsepower at 2050 RPM. The Aeromarine-powered Cub was designated the F-2. One float-equipped aircraft was designated F-2S.


Taylor G-2
a Szekely radial engine on display
Taylor H-2
Approved Type Certificate A-572 was awarded on May 28, 1935. Three F-2's were converted to H-2 standard (construction numbers 40, 66 and 74), as was a single J-2 (c/n 792).[3][4]


Taylor J-2
Taylorcraft A

Operators

Military operators

 Nicaragua

Surviving aircraft

Canada

  • 289 – E-2 on static display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario.[5][6]

United States

  • 32 – E-2 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.[7][8]
  • 33 – E-2 on display at the Shannon Air Museum in Fredericksburg, Virginia.[9]
  • 36 – E-2 airworthy at the Western North Carolina Air Museum in Hendersonville, North Carolina.[10][11]
  • 54 – E-2 airworthy at the Golden Age Air Museum in Bethel, Pennsylvania.[12][13]
  • 83 – E-2 airworthy at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Red Hook, New York.[14][15]
  • 283 – E-2 airworthy at the Kelch Aviation Museum in Brodhead, Wisconsin.[16][17]

Specifications (Taylor E-2 Cub)

Taylor E-2 Cub on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
  • Wingspan: 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Wing area: 184 sq ft (17.1 m2)
  • Empty weight: 510 lb (231 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 970 lb (440 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A40-2 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 35 hp (26 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 80 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn)
  • Range: 225 mi (362 km, 196 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,700 m)
  • Rate of climb: 400 ft/min (2.0 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 6 lb/sq ft (29 kg/m2)
  • Power/mass: 0.04 hp/lb (0.066 kW/kg)

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Notes
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 King, H.F. (1969). Milestones of the Air (McGraw-Hill ed.). New York: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Company. p. 72. 
  2. ↑ Francis, Devon (1973). Mr. Piper and His Cubs. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. pp. 23–24. ISBN 0-8138-1250-X. 
  3. ↑ Bowers, Peter M. (1993). Piper Cubs (1st ed.). TAB Books. pp. 13. ISBN 0-8306-2170-9. 
  4. ↑ Peperell, Roger W.; Smith, Colin M. (1987). Piper Aircraft and their forerunners. Air-Britain (Historians) Limited. pp. 21. ISBN 0-85130-149-5. 
  5. ↑ "Taylor E-2 Cub". http://www.ingeniumcanada.org/aviation/artifact/taylor-e-2-cub. 
  6. ↑ "Airframe Dossier - Taylorcraft E-2 Cub, c/n 0289, c/r C-GCGE". http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=203573. 
  7. ↑ "Taylor E-2 Cub". http://www.waaamuseum.org/collections/airplanes/178-Taylor-E-2-Cub. 
  8. ↑ "FAA Registry [N12627"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N12627. 
  9. ↑ "FAA Registry [N12628"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N12628. 
  10. ↑ Lilley, Joseph W.. "1932 E-2 Taylor 'The Cub'". http://www.westernnorthcarolinaairmuseum.com/1932-e-2-taylor-cub.html. 
  11. ↑ "FAA Registry [N12664"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult?NNumberTxt=12664. 
  12. ↑ "1932 Taylor E-2 Cub". http://www.goldenageair.org/collection/1932taylore2.htm. 
  13. ↑ "FAA Registry [N13146"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N13146. 
  14. ↑ "Taylor E-2 Cub". http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/taylor-e-2-cub. 
  15. ↑ "FAA Registry [N951V"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N951V. 
  16. ↑ "1930 Taylor E-2 “Cub #1”". http://www.kelchmuseum.org/1930-taylor-e-2-cub-1. 
  17. ↑ "FAA Registry [N10547"]. U.S. Department of Transportation. http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N10547. 
Sources
  • Bowers, Peter M. (1993). Piper Cubs. McGraw Hill. ISBN 0-8306-2170-9. 
  • "The Piper Cub" by Roger Guillemette, US Centennial of Flight Commission, retrieved December 6, 2005
  • "Szekely SR-3 L" Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, retrieved December 6, 2005

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