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Edo OSE

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OSE
Role Single-seat multirole floatplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Edo Aircraft Corporation
First flight 1946
Number built 10

The Edo OSE was a 1940s American single-seat multi-role floatplane designed and manufactured by the Edo Aircraft Corporation.

Design and development

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The Edo Aircraft Corporation was an established company that produced seaplane floats. In 1946, Edo designed its first aircraft, the Edo OSE. Two prototype aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built and flown in 1946. The XOSE-1 was a single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane with a single float and fixed wingtip stabilizing floats. The wings could be folded for shipboard storage. The aircraft was designed for a variety of roles including observation and anti-submarine patrols. Unusually, it was designed to carry a rescue cell on the underwing hardpoints, which would be capable of carrying a single person when used for air-sea rescue. Eight production aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built to a United States Navy order but none were accepted into service. A two-seat training conversion was carried out as the XTE-1, but production TE-2 aircraft were cancelled.

Variants

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Edo XOSE-1 taking off
Edo XOSE-1s
XS2E-1
Original designation for OSE and TE single seat floatplane scouts.
XOSE-1
Prototypes and production single-seat aircraft redesignated from XS2E-1; eight built.
XOSE-2
Prototype two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, two converted from XOSE-1.
OSE-2
Production two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, four aircraft were assigned Bureau of Aeronautics numbers (BuNos.), but production was cancelled.
XSO2E-1
Original designation for XTE-1 conversions.
XTE-1
Two-seat floatplane trainer conversions, two aircraft converted from the XOSE-1 prototypes.
TE-2
Developed from the TE-1, four aircraft were assigned BuNos., but production was cancelled.

Specifications (XOSE-1)

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3-view line drawing of the Edo XTE-1
3-view line drawing of the Edo XTE-1

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947,[1] Aerofiles[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
  • Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.57 m)
  • Width: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) folded
  • Height: 14 ft 11 in (4.55 m) wings spread; 4.16 m (13.6 ft) wings folded
  • Wing area: 237 sq ft (22.0 m2)
  • Airfoil: root:NACA 2417; tip: NACA 2409
  • Empty weight: 3,973 lb (1,802 kg)
  • Gross weight: 6,064 lb (2,751 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Ranger V-770-8 V-12 inverted air-cooled piston engine, 550 hp (410 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton Standard D601a-12, 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) diameter constant speed airscrew

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 198 mph (319 km/h, 172 kn)
  • Range: 900 mi (1,400 km, 780 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 22,300 ft (6,800 m)

Armament

  • Guns: 2x fixed forward-firing wing-mounted 0.5in (12.7mm) machine-guns
  • Bombs: 2x 350 lb (160 kg) bombs / depth charges / rescue pods

See also

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

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  1. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 172c.
  2. ^ Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Ea - Ew". Aerofiles. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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