Cessna EC-2
{{Short description|1930s American aircraft}}
{{Infobox aircraft|name=Cessna EC-2|image=Cessna EC-2.jpg|type=Light Tourer Glider|national origin=USA|construction date=1930|manufacturers=Cessna Aircraft Company|designer=Eldon Cessna|civil registration=N403W, N405W|retired=January 10, 1940}}
The Cessna Model EC-2 was a 1930s American two-seat tourer built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. They developed the Model EC-2, a low-cost aircraft, as a response to the market downturn caused by the Great Depression. Only one prototype was built and it did not go into production. A single-seat version, the Model EC-1, was also developed.
Design and development
Cessna Aircraft was suffering in the depression and downturn in the economy following the Wall Street crash. Eldon Cessna, the son of Clyde Cessna designed a low-cost, cheap-to-operate aircraft to meet the new conditions.{{Cite web |title=Cessna Co |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/cessnaco.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerofiles.com}} The Model EC-2 was powered by an Aeronca 30 hp (22 kW) E-107A engine.{{Cite web |title=Cessna’s Last Stand – Part Three |url=https://kingairmagazine.com/article/cessnas-last-stand-part-three/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=King Air |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=American airplanes: Cessna |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_cessna.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerofiles.com}} It did not go into production and one of the prototype was cancelled while the other crashed years later when a student stalled it with an instructor. As a first step in the project, a single-seat version of the Model EC-1 was developed as an ongoing evolution of the Cessna CG-2 Primary Glider, using small engines.{{Cite web |title=Cessna EC-1(2) |url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/cessnaec1.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airwar.ru}}{{Cite web |title=Vintage Airplane – Jun 1978 {{!}} PDF {{!}} Experimental Aircraft Association {{!}} Aerospace |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/234539354/Vintage-Airplane-Jun-1978 |access-date=2023-05-07 |via=Scribd |language=en}} Archival evidence so far indicates only two were produced, N403W and N405W.{{Cite web |title=Aerial Visuals – Airframe Dossier – Cessna EC-2, c/r N405W |url=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=156717 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerialvisuals.ca}}{{Cite web |title=Civil Aircraft Register – United States |url=http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N95.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airhistory.org.uk}} The plane has picked up the nickname "the Baby Cessna." The color was red with a creme side stripe.Private letter from Eldon Cessna, MRP{{Cite web |title=Civil Aircraft Register – United States |url=http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N95.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airhistory.org.uk}}
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs|crew=2|length m=6.20|length ft=|length in=|span m=10.64|span in=|span ft=|height m=1.58|height ft=|height in=|wing area sqm=15.14|wing area sqft=|empty weight kg=213|max takeoff weight kg=420|max takeoff weight lb=926|empty weight lb=470|fuel capacity=8 Gal.|max speed kmh=138|ceiling m=4572|ceiling ft=|range km=322|range mi=200|cruise speed kmh=112|cruise speed mph=70|max speed mph=86|stall speed kmh=61|stall speed mph=38|climb rate ftmin=|climb rate ms=19.85|perfhide=}}
See also
References
{{commons category|Cessna EC-2}}
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
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