Waco CRG
{{Short description|American biplane}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2022}}
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| name=Waco CRG | image= }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=sporting biplane | national origin=United States | manufacturer=Waco Aircraft Company | first flight=1930 | introduced=1930 | status=one airworthy in 2016 | primary user=private operators | number built=2 | developed from= Waco 10 }} |
The Waco CRG is an American open-cockpit sporting biplane of the early 1930s.
Development
The Waco CRG was designed specifically to win the 1930 Ford Air Tour, a {{cvt|4800|mi}} transcontinental reliability endurance race. Waco had previously won the race in both 1928 and 1929, and built two CRGs for the 1930 competition. The CRG is a conventional biplane with straight wings with a special M18 airfoil. The landing gear shock struts were extended and featured a tailskid. The {{cvt|240|hp}} Wright Wright J-6-7 radial engine was initially fitted with a speedring cowling.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
Operational history
Two CRGs were completed for the 1930 race. To prevent Waco from winning for a third time, Ford changed the rules so that only a Ford Trimotor could win. The CRGs achieved second and third places in the transcontinental marathon, which started at the Ford Airport, now the Ford Motor Company's Dearborn, Michigan automobile testing site. The 1930 competition was over a {{cvt|5200|mi}} circular course passing around the U.S. Midwest and neighboring provinces of Canada.Detroit News, 10 September 1930
NC600Y was flown by John H. Livingston and NC660Y by Art Davis, proprietor of the Air Circus bearing his name.
Livingston's CRG, NC600Y, still survives.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}} Davis' CRG ended its flying career as a cropduster in Greenville, Mississippi in 1938.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}} Waco CRG NC600Y was re-engined in 1939 with a {{cvt|350|hp}} Wright R-760E-2 and was used by the Skywriting Corporation of America, for high altitude skywriting as the original Pepsi-Cola Skywriter.{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
Specifications (CRG)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Aerofiles.com
|prime units? = imp
|crew=One
|capacity=1 or 2 passengers
|length ft=22|length in=5
|span ft=30|span in=7
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Wright R-760
|eng1 kw=179
|eng1 hp=240
|max speed kmh=248
|cruise speed mph=130
|stall speed mph=45
|range miles=700
}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- [http://aerofiles.com/_waco.html Aerofiles.com]
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