Top speed 185 km/h First flight 1928 | Wingspan 11 m Manufacturer Mercury Aircraft | |
The Mercury Chic T-2 was a lightweight American parasol wing monoplane designed and built by the Mercury Aircraft Inc. in the late 1920s. Flown for the first time in 1928 around 30 were built but due to the early 1930s economic depression only 15 were sold and the rest were scrapped.
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Design
The Chic T-2 had a fabric-covered welded-steel tube fuselage with a parasol wing. It had a fixed conventional landing gear and two tandem open cockpits for the pilot and pupil. Originally flown with a 65 hp (48 kW) Viele radial engine this was soon replaced with a more powerful 90 hp (67 kW) LeBlond 7D radial engine.
Specifications
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft
General characteristics
Performance
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