New Standard D-29
| New Standard D-29 | |
|---|---|
| |
| A US Marine Corps NT-1 at the National Museum of Naval Aviation, at Pensacola, Florida (USA) | |
| Role | Trainer |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | New Standard Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Charles Healy Day |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Number built | 30+ |
The New Standard D-29 is a trainer aircraft produced in the US from 1929 to 1930. It was a conventional biplane design with a fuselage constructed from duralumin members riveted and bolted together, and the wings were made with spruce spars and bass-wood and plywood built-up ribs. Deliberately built to be rugged and simple the D-29 was moderately successful, but had to compete with the Swallow TP.[1]
Variants
[edit]Data from: Aerofiles[2]
- D-29
- initial version 85 hp Cirrus III engine, one built.
- D-29A
- production aircraft with 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5. Six supplied to US Navy as the NT-1 trainer in 1930.(Note: The US Navy designation NT-2 does not refer to a version of the D-29, but to two New Standard D-25s captured from smugglers and used by the US Coast Guard).[3]
- D-29 Special
- D-29A with Menasco B-4.
- D-29S – Sport version with coupe cockpit (also known as D-25C).
- D-31 Special
- D-29A with Kinner B-5.
- D-32 Special
- three-seater D-29A with Wright J-6.
- D-33 Special
- three-seater D-29A with Kinner B-5.
- NT-1
- Six D-29A trainers supplied to the US Navy.[3]
Operators
[edit]
Specifications (D-29A)
[edit]Data from U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
- Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
- Wing area: 248 sq ft (23.0 m2)
- Empty weight: 1,097 lb (498 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,632 lb (740 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Kinner B-5 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 100 hp (75 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 88 mph (142 km/h, 76 kn)
- Cruise speed: 75 mph (121 km/h, 65 kn)
- Range: 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 10,000 ft (3,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 400 ft/min (2.0 m/s)
See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
[edit]- ^ a b Juptner, Joseph P. (1963). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol.2. Los Angeles: Aero Publishers. pp. 286 to 287.
- ^ Eckland, K.O. "American airplanes: Na - Nu". aerofiles.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
External links
[edit]
Media related to New Standard D-29 at Wikimedia Commons