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Role | Light utility monoplane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Stinson Aircraft Company |
First flight | 1939 |
Primary user | United States Army |
Number built | 277 (Model 105) 775 (Model 10) |
Variants | Stinson Model 108 |
The Stinson Voyager was an American light utility monoplane built during the 1940s by the Stinson Aircraft Company.[1]
Development
[edit]First developed as the Stinson HW-75 and marketed as the Model 105 in 1939, the design was a high-wing three-seat braced monoplane powered by either a 75-hp (63.4-Kw) Continental A-75 or an 80-hp (67.7-Kw) Continental A-80-6.[1] This was developed into the Model 10, introduced in 1940, powered by a Continental A-80 piston engine.[1] The Model 10 introduced a wider cabin as well as an improved standard for the interior and finish.[1] In 1941 the Model 10 was followed by the Model 10A, powered by a Franklin 4AC-199 engine and the Model 10B with a Lycoming GO-145. The 10A was the last of the series, but the first to be called "Voyager", a name that was retained for the post-war Stinson 108.[1]
Six Model 10s were evaluated by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as the YO-54. The unsuccessful tests led Stinson to design an all-new aircraft designated Model 76, later known as the L-5 Sentinel.[1]
A number of Model 105s and Model 10As were impressed into USAAF service as the AT-19 (later L-9).[2] However, the AT-19 designation has not been verified.
After World War II, the type was developed as the Model 108, the prototypes being converted Model 10As.[2]
Variants
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- HW-75 (1939, marketed as Model 105)
- Production variant also known as the HW-75 with a Continental A-75 engine), or HW-80 with a Continental A-80 engine, 277 built.[2]
- Model 10 (1940)
- Improved production variant with an 80 hp Continental A-80 engine, 260 built.[2]
- Model 10A Voyager (1941)
- Variant with a 90 hp Franklin 4AC-199 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).The first of the series to bear the Voyager name.[2]
- Model 10B (1941)
- Variant with a 75 hp Lycoming GO-145 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).[2]
- YO-54 (1940)
- United States Army designation for six Model 10s for evaluation.[3]
- AT-19A
- Original military designation for eight Model 105s impressed in 1942, later changed to L-9A.[4]
- AT-19B
- Original designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, later changed to L-9B.[4]
- L-9A (1942)
- Final designation for eight impressed Model 105 Voyagers, originally AT-19A.[4]
- L-9B (1942)
- Final designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, originally AT-19B.[4]
Operators
[edit]- Brazilian Air Force - Model 105
Specifications (Model 105)
[edit]Data from General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors [5]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: two passengers
- Length: 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
- Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
- Wing area: 155 sq ft (14.4 m2)
- Airfoil: NACA 4412
- Empty weight: 923 lb (419 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,580 lb (717 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-75-3 air-cooled flat-four, 75 hp (56 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
- Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
- Range: 350 mi (560 km, 300 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,500 ft (3,200 m)
- Rate of climb: 430 ft/min (2.2 m/s)
See also
[edit]Related development
Related lists
Notes
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
- Morareau, Lucien (September 1998). "Les oubliées des Antilles" [The Forgotten Ones of the Antilles]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (66): 30–37. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Sapienza, Antonio Luis (June 2000). "Les premiers avions de transport commercial au Paraguay" [The First Commercial Transport Aircraft in Paraguay]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (87): 45–47. ISSN 1243-8650.
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- Wegg, John. General Dynamic Aircraft and their Predecessors. London: Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-833-X.