Thaden T-2

The Thaden T-2 was a 1920s American four-seat all-metal cabin monoplane built by the Thaden Metal Aircraft Company of San Francisco, California, USA.^[1]

Thaden T-2
Role	Cabin monoplane
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Thaden Metal Aircraft Company
Designer	Herbert von Thaden
First flight	1928
Number built	1

Design and development

The Thaden Metal Aircraft Company was formed by Herbert von Thaden, a former United States Army Signal Corps pilot and engineer, to work on developing the first American all-metal aircraft. Following on from the strut-braced T-1 the T-2 was a smaller four-seat high-wing cantilever monoplane with flaps, powered by a 150 hp (112 kW) Comet radial engine.^[1]

Specifications

Thaden T-2 3-view drawing from Aero Digest August 1929

Data from Aero Digest August 1929^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: two or three passengers
• Length: 24 ft 11 in (7.59 m)
• Wingspan: 39 ft (12 m)
• Height: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
• Wing area: 225 sq ft (20.9 m²)
• Fuel capacity: 50 US gal (42 imp gal; 190 L)
• Powerplant: 1 × Comet 7-D 7 cylinder radial engine, 150 hp (110 kW) at 1,800 rpm
• Propellers: 2-bladed Westinghouse Micarta

Performance

• Maximum speed: 121 mph (195 km/h, 105 kn)
• Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
• Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
• Rate of climb: 800 ft/min (4.1 m/s)
• Landing speed, flaps down: 46 mph (74 km/h)

See also

• Aviation portal

• Thaden T-1
• Thaden T-4