Pitcairn PAA-1
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| name=PAA-1 | image=Pitcairn PAA-1 at Langley's NACA Research Center, 1943.jpg | caption=This Pitcairn PAA-1 autogiro was flown at Langley for the NACA investigation of an experimental cantilevered three-bladed rotor. June 1943. }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=Sport autogyro | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Pitcairn-Cierva Autogiro Company | designer= | first flight=1931 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=25 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Pitcairn PAA-1 was an autogyro developed in the United States in the early 1930s.Taylor 1989, p.734 Of similar configuration to Pitcairn's earlier machines, the PAA-1 had an airplane-like fuselage with two open cockpits in tandem and a tractor-mounted engine in the nose.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2739 It was also equipped with small wings, which carried control surfaces, rather than using the rotor for flight control. It was a smaller and lighter machine than its predecessors and was designed specifically with private pilots in mind.
Variants
- PAA-1 - main production version with Kinner B-5 engine
- PA-20 - improved version with Kinner R-5 engine
- PA-24 - version with twin tails and Kinner R-5 engine, modified from existing PAA-1s and PA-20s
Specifications
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|ref="Pitcairn, A G A, Pitcairn-Cierva, Pitcairn-Larsen"
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One pilot
|capacity=1 passenger
|length m=5.66
|length ft=18
|length in=7
|span m=6.93
|span ft=22
|span in=9
|rot number=1
|rot dia m=11.28
|rot dia ft=37
|rot dia in=0
|rot area sqm=99.9
|rot area sqft=10.75
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Kinner B-5
|eng1 kw=93
|eng1 hp=125
|max speed kmh=140
|max speed mph=90
|range km=400
|range miles=250
|ceiling m=3,000
|ceiling ft=10,000
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References
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;Bibliography
- {{cite book |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft |publisher=Aerospace Publishing|location=London }}
- {{cite web| title=Pitcairn, A G A, Pitcairn-Cierva, Pitcairn-Larsen |work=Aerofiles |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_pitc.html |access-date=2009-01-15}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
External links
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- [https://books.google.com/books?id=9ycDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Popular+Science+motor+gun+boat&pg=PA28 "Will Autogiro Banish Present Plane?", March 1931, pg 28]
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