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Waco N series
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Waco AVN-8 in 1938
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Role
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Four-seat tricycle undercarriage cabin biplane
Type of aircraft
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National origin
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United States
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Manufacturer
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Waco Aircraft Company
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First flight
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1937
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Status
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a few still airworthy in 2009
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Primary user
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private owner pilots
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Number built
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approx 20
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Developed from
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Waco C series
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The
Waco N series
is a range of 1930s
American
-built cabin biplanes with a fixed tricycle undercarriage produced by the
Waco Aircraft Company
.
Design and development
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Waco introduced the luxury N-series
biplane
in 1937. It was based on the Waco C-series five-seat custom-cabin Waco with that model's curved pointed wings, but with an unusual fixed
tricycle undercarriage
and a modified tail with a lower rudder extension to give increased side area. The Waco N was fitted with flaps on all four wings to improve the aircraft's landing characteristics.
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Operational history
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The prototype, was designated ZVN-7, with the '7' indicating its year of manufacture (1937), and was powered by the 285 hp (213 kW)
Jacobs L-5
engine.
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Only around 20 examples of the N series were completed, as the
AVN-8
, and
ZVN-8
. A few were impressed by the
USAAC
during the
Second World War
as the
UC-72J
and
UC-72L
. One AVN-8 was used by the
Royal Aircraft Establishment
at Farnborough, Hampshire, for trials with tricycle landing gear.
An example of the AVN-8 is maintained in airworthy condition by the
Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum
at Creve Coeur Airport near
St Louis
Missouri.
Variants
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- ZVN-7 and ZVN-8
- 285 hp (213 kW)
Jacobs L-5
- AVN-8
- 330 hp (246 kW)
Jacobs L-6
engine
Specifications (AVN-8)
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Data from
Green, 1965, p. 306
General characteristics
- Crew:
1
- Capacity:
3 passengers
- Length:
27 ft 7 in (8.41 m)
- Wingspan:
34 ft 9 in (10.59 m)
- Height:
8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
- Wing area:
246 sq ft (22.9 m
2
)
- Empty weight:
2,493 lb (1,131 kg)
- Gross weight:
3,800 lb (1,724 kg)
- Powerplant:
1 × Jacobs L-6 seven-cylinder radial air-cooled , 330 hp (250 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed:
161 mph (259 km/h, 140 kn)
- Cruise speed:
151 mph (243 km/h, 131 kn)
- Service ceiling:
14,200 ft (4,300 m)
- Rate of climb:
900 ft/min (4.6 m/s)
References
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- Notes
- ^
Simpson, 2001, p. 575
- ^
Green, 1965, p. 306
- Bibliography
- Green, William (1965).
The Aircraft of the World
. Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.
- Simpson, Rod (2001).
Airlife's World Aircraft
. Airlife Publishing Ltd.
ISBN
1-84037-115-3
.
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