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St. Louis C2 Cardinal

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Wingspan
  
32 m

Manufacturer
  
St. Louis Aircraft Corporation

The St. Louis C2 Cardinal family are a series of light sport monoplanes built by the St. Louis Aircraft Corporation during the peak of the Lindbergh Boom after the Spirit of St. Louis flight of 1927.

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Design and development

The Cardinal shares close proportions with the Monocoupe Model 22 also designed and built in St. Louis in 1927. The Cardinal is a two seat high wing conventional geared aircraft with side-by-side configuration seating. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing. The spar is made of spruce and ribs are basswood with aircraft fabric covering. The ailerons are controlled by push-pull tubes. The aircraft were delivered with progressively more powerful engines, the 65 hp (48 kW) LeBlond 5DE, 90 hp (67 kW) and 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5, and one with a Warner 110 hp (82 kW) engine.

Operational history

The prototype was presented at the 1929 Detroit Air Show.

Aircraft on display

  • One in the lobby of Sacramento Sky Ranch, an aviation supply store near Sacramento Executive Airport.
  • One at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum at Creve Coeur Airport.
  • -1929 St. Louis C2 Cardinal N31H on display at Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River, OR.

    • Variants

    C2-60 Cardinal
    1929 - 60 hp (45 kW) LeBlond 5D - 10 built
    C2-65 Standard Cardinal
    1929 - Modified C2-60 [C1111] - 65 hp (48 kW) LeBlond 5DE
    C2-85 Cardinal
    1930 - 85 hp (63 kW) LeBlond 5DF - 1 built [NC559N].
    C2-90 Senior Cardinal
    1929 - 90 hp (67 kW) LeBlond 7D - 6 built, with 1 converted from a C2-60.
    C2-100 Super Cardinal
    1929 - 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab - 1 conversion [X12319] for factory tests.
    C2-100 Special
    1 converted from a C2-110
    C2-110 Super Cardinal
    1929 - 100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5 - 5 built with one converted from a C2-60

    Specifications (St. Louis C2-110 Super Cardinal)

    Data from Greater St.Louis Air & Space Museum

    General characteristics

  • Capacity: 2
  • Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
  • Wingspan: 105 ft 0 in (32 m)
  • Height: 7 ft (2.1 m)
  • Wing area: 160 sq ft (15 m2)
  • Airfoil: Clark Y
  • Empty weight: 1,006 lb (456 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Kinner K-5 5 cylnder radial, 100 hp (75 kW)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 109 kn; 201 km/h (125 mph)
  • Cruise speed: 93 kn; 172 km/h (107 mph)
  • Stall speed: 34 kn; 63 km/h (39 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,100 ft/min (5.6 m/s)

    • References

    St. Louis C2 Cardinal Wikipedia
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