States Super Monoplane
Super Monoplane | |
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Role | Two seat civil light aircraft |
National origin | U.S.
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Manufacturer | States Aircraft Co,.Chicago |
Designer | Frederick Jolly |
First flight | 1930 |
Number built | at least 11 |
The States Super Monoplane was a tandem two seat, civil sport and trainer aircraft built in small numbers at the start of the U.S Great Depression.
Design and development
The Super Monoplane was aimed at both training clubs and private owners. It was a
It was powered by versions of the five cylinder Kinner radial engine. The B-3 (the first, 1930 version of the aircraft) had a Kinner K-5 with a maximum power of 100 hp (75 kW) and the 1930 B-4 a 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5.[2] These were neatly cowled with only the tops of the cylinders and stub exhausts exposed. There were two open cockpits in tandem, the forward one under the centre of the wing and the other, close behind but raised, was under its trailing edge where a deep, rounded cut-out improved the field of view. Though both cockpits could have flight controls, those in the forward one were removable and the instrumentation was in the rear. A large, lockable compartment was provided for luggage.[1]
Behind the engine the fuselage was flat-sided and tapered to a conventional tail with a triangular
The date of the Super Monoplane's first flight is not known but it was ATC-certificated by the autumn of 1930.[1] Most small aircraft manufacturers struggled to survive in the Great Depression and States closed in 1937, having built about six of each of its two variants.[2]
Variants
Data from Aerofiles[2]
- B-3
- 1930 model with 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5, at least six built
- B-4
- 1932 model with 125 hp (93 kW) Kinner B-5, about five built.
Specifications (B-3)
Data from Aero Digest, October 1930[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: plus one student or passenger
- Length: 23 ft (7.0 m)
- Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
- Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
- Aspect ratio: 5.33
- Empty weight: 1,083 lb (491 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,635 lb (742 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 24 US gal (20 imp gal; 91 L)
- Powerplant: 1 × Kinner K-5 five cylinder radial, 70–100 hp (52–75 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
- Cruise speed: 90 mph (140 km/h, 78 kn)
- Landing speed: 35 mph (56 km/h; 30 kn)
- Endurance: 4.5 hr
- Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
- Rate of climb: 900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
References
- ^ a b c d e "States "Super Monoplane"". Aero Digest. New York City: Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corp. October 1930. p. 92.
- ^ a b c "American airplanes". www.aerofiles.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.