St. Louis C2 Cardinal
| {{Infobox Aircraft Begin
| name=C2 Cardinal | image=St Louis C-2 Cardinal Aero Digest May 1929.jpg | caption= }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=Sport Monoplane | national origin=United States of America | manufacturer=St. Louis Aircraft Corporation | designer= | first flight= | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | more users= | produced=1928 - 1931 | number built=22 | program cost= | unit cost=$4250 for a Super Cardinal in 1929 | developed from= | variants with their own articles= }} |
The St. Louis C2 Cardinal family are a series of light sport monoplanes built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation during the peak of the Lindbergh Boom after the Spirit of St. Louis flight of 1927.{{cite web|title=St.Louis Aircraft Corporation|url=http://www.airandspacemuseum.org/STLCARDINALS.htm|accessdate=18 September 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903125644/http://www.airandspacemuseum.org/STLCARDINALS.htm|archivedate=3 September 2011}}
Design and development
The Cardinal shares close proportions with the Monocoupe Model 22 also designed and built in St. Louis in 1927.{{cite journal|journal=Vintage Airplane|title=A Cardinal Returns Home|date=September 2004}} The Cardinal is a two seat high wing conventional geared aircraft with side-by-side configuration seating. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing. The spar is made of spruce and ribs are basswood with aircraft fabric covering. The ailerons are controlled by push-pull tubes. The aircraft were delivered with progressively more powerful engines, the {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} LeBlond 5DE, {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} and {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Kinner K-5, and one with a Warner {{convert|110|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine.
Operational history
The prototype was presented at the 1929 Detroit Air Show.{{cite journal|journal=The St.Louis Aircraft Corporation|author=David Ostrowski|date=October 1995}}
Variants
:1929 - {{convert|60|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} LeBlond 5D - 10 built
:1929 - Modified C2-60 [C1111] - {{convert|65|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} LeBlond 5DE
:1930 - {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} LeBlond 5DF - 1 built [NC559N].
:1929 - {{convert|90|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} LeBlond 7D - 6 built, with 1 converted from a C2-60.
:1929 - {{convert|110|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Warner Scarab - 1 conversion [X12319] for factory tests.
:1 converted from a C2-110
:1929 - {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Kinner K-5 - 5 built with one converted from a C2-60
Surviving aircraft
- 103 – C2 airworthy at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, Oregon.{{cite web |title=Airplanes by Year |url=http://www.waaamuseum.org/collections/airplanes/339-airplanes-by-year |website=Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum |accessdate=9 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N31H] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N31H |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |accessdate=9 October 2018}}
- C-106 – C2-110 airworthy at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum in Maryland Heights, Missouri.{{cite web |title=Museum Hangar 2 |url=http://www.historicaircraftrestorationmuseum.org/museumhangar2.html |website=Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum |accessdate=9 October 2018}}{{cite magazine |last1=Parsons |first1=Don |date=September 2004 |title=A Cardinal Returns Home |url=http://eaavintage.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2004-Vol.-32-No.-09-A-Cardinal-Returns-Home.pdf |magazine=Vintage Airplane |publisher=EAA Publications |volume=32 |issue=9 |pages=9–12 |access-date=9 October 2018}}{{cite web |title=FAA REGISTRY [N951B] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N951B |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |accessdate=9 October 2018}}
Specifications (St. Louis C2-110 Super Cardinal)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Greater St.Louis Air & Space Museum
|prime units?=kts
|genhide=
|crew=
|capacity=2
|length m=
|length ft=20
|length in=6
|length note=
|span m=32
|span ft=
|span in=4
|span note=
|height m=
|height ft=7
|height in=
|height note=
|wing area sqm=
|wing area sqft=160
|wing area note=
|aspect ratio=
|airfoil=Clark Y
|empty weight kg=
|empty weight lb=1006
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=
|gross weight lb=
|gross weight note=
|fuel capacity=
|more general=
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Kinner K-5
|eng1 type=5 cylnder radial
|eng1 kw=
|eng1 hp=100
|prop blade number=
|prop name=
|prop dia m=
|prop dia ft=
|prop dia in=
|prop note=
|perfhide=
|max speed kmh=
|max speed mph=125
|max speed kts=
|max speed note=
|cruise speed kmh=
|cruise speed mph=107
|cruise speed kts=
|cruise speed note=
|stall speed kmh=
|stall speed mph=39
|stall speed kts=
|stall speed note=
|never exceed speed kmh=
|never exceed speed mph=
|never exceed speed kts=
|never exceed speed note=
|range km=
|range miles=
|range nmi=
|range note=
|endurance=
|ceiling m=
|ceiling ft=15,000
|ceiling note=
|g limits=
|roll rate=
|glide ratio=
|climb rate ms=
|climb rate ftmin=1100
|climb rate note=
|time to altitude=
|lift to drag=
|wing loading kg/m2=
|wing loading lb/sqft=
|wing loading note=
|power/mass=
|thrust/weight=
|more performance=
|avionics=
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://aerofiles.com/_sa.html Aircraft Sa-Si]