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The Culver Model V was a two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the Culver Aircraft Company.

Model V
Role Two-seat cabin monoplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Culver Aircraft Company
First flight 1946

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, 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 the trim according to the arrow settings.[1]

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 [2]

General characteristics

Performance


References



Notes


  1. "Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science bottom page 30
  2. Orbis 1985, page 1215

Bibliography





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Le Culver Model V est un avion léger monoplan biplace américain, conçu pendant les années 1940 par la Culver Aircraft Company (en).



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