Auster Arrow
J/2 Arrow | |
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General information | |
Type | Touring aircraft |
Manufacturer | Auster Aircraft Limited |
Status | Two airworthy in UK in 2009 |
Primary user | Private pilot owners |
Number built | 44 |
History | |
Introduction date | 1945 |
First flight | 1945 |
Variants | Auster J-4 |
The Auster J/2 Arrow is a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire, England.
History
The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C monoplane. A development aircraft, a side-by-side two-seater first flew in 1946 powered by a Lycoming O-145-B3 flat four air-cooled engine.[1]
Import restrictions on the sale in the United Kingdom (UK) of American-built engines resulted in most of the 44 aircraft completed being exported, mainly to Australia.[1] In later life, examples were re-imported to the UK, where several examples remained active in 2011.
Specifications (J/2)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
- Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
- Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (tail down, propeller horizontal)
- Wing area: 185 sq ft (17.2 m2)
- Empty weight: 872 lb (396 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,450 lb (658 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental C75-12 air-cooled flat-four, 75 hp (56 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 98 mph (158 km/h, 85 kn)
- Cruise speed: 87 mph (140 km/h, 76 kn)
- Stall speed: 35 mph (56 km/h, 30 kn)
- Range: 320 mi (510 km, 280 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 430 ft/min (2.2 m/s)
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Aeronca Champion
- Fleet Canuck
- Piper J-3
- Taylorcraft L-2
Related lists
References
- ^ a b Jackson 1974, p. 71
- ^ Bridgman 1951, p. 20c
- Bridgman, Leonard (1951). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1951–52. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Ltd.
- Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1. London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-10006-9.
- Mike Preston and Mick Ames, 2002, "Austers", International Auster Club Heritage Group Publication, ISBN 0-9543889-0-9
External links
Media related to Auster J/2 Arrow at Wikimedia Commons
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