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Cox-Klemin TW-2

Summary

The Cox-Klemin TW-2 was a 1920s American biplane training aircraft built by the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation. It was powered by a water-cooled Hispano-Suiza 8 V8 aero-engine.

Cox-Klemin TW-2
Role Biplane trainer
Manufacturer Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation
First flight 1921
Primary user United States Army Air Corps
Number built 3

Development edit

The CK-2 was a biplane with single-bay biplane that utilized a Fokker scheme of N-shaped interplane struts and metal cabane. Three aircraft were built, two flight articles that were used to test different engines and one static test article. However, the TW-2 was not ordered into production.[1][2]

Operators edit

  United States

Specifications edit

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 23 ft (7.0 m)
  • Wingspan: 29 ft (8.8 m)
  • Gross weight: 2,505 lb (1,136 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright Hispano E V-8 liquid-cooled piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 99 mph (159 km/h, 86 kn)

See also edit

Related lists

References edit

  1. ^ E.R. Johnson, Lloyd S. Jones. American Military Training Aircraft: Fixed and Rotary-Wing Trainers Since 1916. McFarland and Publishing.
  2. ^ "Cox-Klemin TW-2".
  • Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications, 1979; page 171. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.