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Engineers Aircraft Corporation EAC-1

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EAC-1
Role Sport parasol
National origin United States of America
Manufacturer Engineers Aircraft Corporation
Introduction 1930

The EAC-1 is a folding-parasol wing aircraft developed by the Engineers Aircraft Corporation of Stamford, Connecticut.[1]

Design and development

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The EAC-1 was designed to be a low-cost sport aircraft for casual use, that could be stored in a space as small as 11 X 20 feet.[2]

The aircraft has conventional landing gear, an open cockpit, strut braces and a parasol wing with swept sections. The fuselage is constructed of welded steel tubing with doped aircraft fabric covering.[3][4]

Specifications (EAC-1)

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3 view drawing

Data from Popular Aviation

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one
  • Wingspan: 30 ft (9.1 m)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Wright Gipsy , 90 hp (67 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 100 kn (120 mph, 190 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 87 kn (100 mph, 160 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 39 kn (45 mph, 72 km/h)

See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

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  1. ^ David Mondey (1978). The complete illustrated encyclopedia of the world's aircraft. ISBN 9780890097717.
  2. ^ Popular Aviation: 16. September 1930. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Automotive industries, the automobile. 1930.
  4. ^ Fred F. Marshall. Airway age, Volume 11, Part 2.