Culver Model V
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The Culver Model V is a two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Culver Aircraft Company.
Design and development
Based on the pre-World War II Cadet and using the wartime experience with radio-controlled aircraft the company designed a two-seat cabin monoplane. The Model V had a low-set cantilever wing with the outer panels having a pronounced dihedral. It had a tricycle retractable landing gear and an enclosed cabin with side by side seating for two.
It was unique in that it had a system called Simpli-Fly Control where the aircraft was automatically trimmed for takeoff, landing and cruise, and flaps simultaneously adjusted, by turning a small metal wheel between the two seats and lining up two arrows with the mode of flying the aircraft. Interconnecting controls then adjusted both the flap setting and elevator-trim according to the arrow settings.[1][2]
In 1956 the Superior Aircraft Company bought the assets of Culver and put the Model V back into production as the Superior Satellite. The main difference was the use of a 95 hp Continental engine which increased the cruise speed to 130 mph (209 km/h). Only a prototype and five production aircraft were built.
Variants
- V-1
- Initial production variant.[citation needed]
- V-2
- Improved variant.[citation needed]
- Superior Satellite
- 1956 variant with a 95hp Continental engine.
- TD4C
- USN radio-controlled target version of the V-2
- UC
- The utility version of the TD4C, also converted to target drone as the UC-1K.
Specifications (V-1)
Data from [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one (pilot)
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References
Notes
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- ^ Bowers, Peter: "Yesterday's Wings: The Culver V," October 1977, AOPA Pilot, photocoped by Aero Resources, Inc., retrieved January 11, 2025
- ^ "Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science bottom page 30
- ^ Orbis 1985, page 1215
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Juptner, Joseph P. (1980). U.S. Civil Aircraft Vol. 8 (ATC 701 – ATC 800). Fallbrook, California, US: Aero Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-8168-9178-8.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Simpson, R.W. (1991). Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). Orbis Publishing.
External links
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- Photo at aerofiles.com
- "Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science large pull out color photo
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