Cox-Klemin TW-2

Cox-Klemin TW-2
General information
Type	Biplane trainer
Manufacturer	Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation
Primary user	United States Army Air Corps
Number built	3
History
First flight	1921

The Cox-Klemin TW-2 was a 1920s American biplane training aircraft built by the Cox-Klemin Aircraft Corporation. It was powered by a water-cooled Hispano-Suiza 8 V8 aero-engine.

Development

The CK-2 was a biplane with single-bay biplane that utilized a Fokker scheme of N-shaped interplane struts and metal cabane. Three aircraft were built, two flight articles that were used to test different engines and one static test article. However, the TW-2 was not ordered into production. ^{[1] [2]}

Operators

  United States

• United States Army Air Service

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 23 ft (7.0 m)
• Wingspan: 29 ft (8.8 m)
• Gross weight: 2,505 lb (1,136 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Wright Hispano E V-8 liquid-cooled piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 99 mph (159 km/h, 86 kn)

See also

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the United States

References

1. E.R. Johnson, Lloyd S. Jones. American Military Training Aircraft: Fixed and Rotary-Wing Trainers Since 1916. McFarland and Publishing.
2. "Cox-Klemin TW-2".

• Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications, 1979; page 171. ISBN   0-904597-22-9.