{"id":1193,"date":"2010-11-24T12:18:44","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T17:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joeclarksblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1193"},"modified":"2011-06-25T07:26:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T11:26:24","slug":"the-t-cart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/?p=1193","title":{"rendered":"The T-cart"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

T-cart Logo<\/p><\/div>\n

Yesterday\u2019s blog was about The Perfect Flying Machine.\u00a0 Today, it is about a very similar flying machine.\u00a0 The reason it is very similar is because the same aeronautical engineer, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, designed today\u2019s airplane, the Taylorcraft.<\/p>\n

After the big falling out with William Piper, Taylor decided to start another aircraft company, promising to build an airplane even more popular than the Piper Cub.\u00a0 Today, you can find the headquarters of the Taylorcraft Aviation Corporation located in Brownsville, TX.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When referencing the Taylorcraft, most people primarily think of two different models.\u00a0 The first comes from the 1940s known as the model BC-12D; more recently, the F-19 is the aircraft younger pilots think of when referencing Taylorcraft airplanes.\u00a0 Taylorcraft also put out the models A, B, and C.\u00a0 Those who flew Taylorcraft airplanes in the military will well remember the L\u20132 Grasshopper.<\/p>\n

Unlike the Piper Cub, the Taylorcraft seated the pilot and passenger side by side.\u00a0 It also sported control wheels instead of control sticks.\u00a0 With the same horsepower, the airplane cruised about 10 mph faster than Mr. Piper’s Cub.<\/p>\n

Construction technique on both the Cub and the Taylorcraft were similar.\u00a0 The fuselage structure consisted welded 4130 chromoly tubing with wooden formers covered in cotton linen.\u00a0 Linen also covers the wings of which the structure consists of a forward and aft spar with truss-type ribs.<\/p>\n

Flying the airplane is very straightforward, very similar to flying a Cub.\u00a0 The airplane’s long wingspan allows the airplane float quite a bit on landing.\u00a0 In other words, you have to plan your approach accordingly and control your final approach speed well.\u00a0 Any excess airspeed would extend the float well down the runway while you are trying to land.<\/p>\n

In the air, the airplane flew very well.\u00a0 The airplane is very honest in maneuvering, slow flight, and stalls. \u00a0Like the Cub, the airplane spins well and recovers quickly when asked.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The T-cart <\/p><\/div>\n

Both airplanes, the Cub and the Taylorcraft, are uncomfortable.\u00a0 If a pilot has to sit in the airplane any great length of time, he or she will have a tough time getting out.\u00a0 Oh, by the way, getting into the airplane is also difficult.\u00a0 For the Cub, backseat entry includes stretching across the stick the far side of the cockpit; the same as required of the front cockpit with lesser space.\u00a0 In the Taylorcraft, there are doors on both sides for entry, but they are rather small.<\/p>\n

Basically, you must be an advanced contortionist to enter or exit either airplane.\u00a0 Once situated, however, both airplanes offer pilots and passengers alike a ton of fun.<\/p>\n

-30-<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2010 J. Clark<\/em><\/p>\n

Photo credits – top: www.joeclarksphotos.com<\/a>\u00a0bottom: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday\u2019s blog was about The Perfect Flying Machine.\u00a0 Today, it is about a very similar flying machine.\u00a0 The reason it is very similar is because the same aeronautical engineer, Clarence Gilbert Taylor, designed today\u2019s airplane, the Taylorcraft. After the big … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6],"tags":[329,624,729,1339,2141,3317,3439,3479,3480,3896,3998,4023,4234],"class_list":["post-1193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-aviation-history","category-flying-2","tag-airplanes","tag-bc-12d","tag-brownsville-tx","tag-f-19","tag-l2-grasshopper","tag-spins","tag-taildraggers","tag-taylorcraft","tag-taylorcraft-aviation-corporation","tag-the-t-cart","tag-ton-of-fun","tag-training-aircraft","tag-welded-4130-chromoly-tubing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1193"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joeclarksblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}