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Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft.
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Piper J-3 Piper Cub
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| Type | Trainer/light aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Piper Aircraft |
| Designer | C. G. Taylor Walter Jamouneau |
| Number built | 19,888 (US built) 150 (Canadian-built) 253 TG-8 gliders |
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| Manufactured | 1938–1947 |
| First flight | 1938 |
| Developed from | Taylor Cub Taylor J-2 |
| Variants | PA-11 Cub Special PA-15 Vagabond PA-16 Clipper PA-18 Super Cub |
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Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft
that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft.
The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Piper Aircraft's most-produced model, with nearly 20,000 built in the United States. Its simplicity, affordability and popularity invokes comparisons to the Ford Model T automobile.
The aircraft is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with a large-area rectangular wing. It is most often powered by an air-cooled, flat-4 piston engine driving a fixed-pitch propeller. Its fuselage is a welded steel frame covered in fabric, seating two people in tandem.
The Cub was designed as a trainer. It had great popularity in this role and as a general aviation aircraft. Due to its performance, it was well suited for a variety of military uses such as reconnaissance, liaison and ground control. It was produced in large numbers during World War II as the L-4 Grasshopper. Many Cubs are still flying today. Cubs are highly prized as bush aircraft.
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Design and development
Piper J-3 Cub painted Cub Yellow The Taylor E-2 Cub first appeared in 1930, built by Taylor Aircraft in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Sponsored by William T. Piper, a Bradford industrialist and investor, the affordable E-2 was meant to encourage greater interest in aviation. Later in 1930, the company went bankrupt, with Piper buying the assets, but keeping founder C. Gilbert Taylor on as president. In 1936, an earlier Cub was altered by employee Walter Jamouneau to become the J-2 while Taylor was on sick leave. Some believed the "J" stood for Jamouneau, while aviation historian Peter Bowers concluded the letter simply followed the E, F, G and H models, with the letter "I" skipped because it could be mistaken for the numeral "1".[3][4] When he saw the redesign, Taylor was so incensed that he fired Jamouneau. Piper, however, had encouraged Jamouneau's changes and hired him back. Piper then bought Taylor's share in the company, paying him $250 per month for three years.
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Military
A 3-view line drawing of the TG-8 - YO-59
- Four US Army Air Corps test and evaluation J3C-65
- O-59
- Production version for the USAAC; 140 built later redesignated L-4
- O-59A
- Improved version, powered by a 65-hp (48-kW) Continental O-170-3 piston engine; 948 built, later redesignated L-4A
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Piper aircraft, Inc.
Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft
that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft.
Piper aircraft, Inc. Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft.
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
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Capacity: one passenger
- Useful load: 455 lb (205 kg)
- Length: 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
- Wingspan: 35 ft 3 in (10.74 m)
- Height: 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
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- Empty weight: (345 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: (550 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-65-8 air-cooled horizontally opposed four cylinder, 65 hp (48 kW) at 2,350 rpm
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h
- Cruise speed: 121 km/h
- Stall speed: 61 km/h
- Range: 191 nmi (220 mi, 354 km)
- Service ceiling: (3,500 m)
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First built in 1937, the Piper J-3 earned fame as a trainer and sport plane. Its success made the name "Cub" a generic term for light airplanes. The little yellow tail dragger remains one of the most recognized designs in aviation. J-3 Cubs and subsequent models are still found at fields around the world. Thousands of pilots, including three-fourths of those in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, trained in Cubs.
Piper aircraft, Inc.
Piper J-3 Cub
First built in 1937, the Piper J-3 earned fame as a trainer and sport plane. Its success made the name "Cub" a generic term for light airplanes.
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