- Specifications
- References
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The Luscombe 10 was a single-seat sport aircraft built in the United States in 1945.[1] It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailwheel landing gear, designed for aerobatics.[2] The wings, tail unit, and engine section were all adapted from the Luscombe 8, while the fuselage center section was an all-new design, relocating the Model 8's wings from a high to low position.[3] Despite promising results from flight testing, Luscombe ultimately felt that there was not a sufficient market for the type, and development was halted almost immediately.[3] The sole prototype (registration NX-33337) was destroyed in 1948 for tax reasons.[4] Specifications{{Aircraft specs
|ref=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[5]
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|span m=7.62
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|gross weight lb=845
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Continental A65
|eng1 type=4-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine
|eng1 hp=50
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=Sensenich fixed pitch wooden propeller
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|max speed mph=135
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|cruise speed mph=122
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|fuel consumption lb/mi=0.19
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References{{commons category|Luscombe 10}}- Notes
1. ^Taylor 1989, 613
2. ^Simpson 1995, 239
3. ^1 aerofiles.com
4. ^The Luscombe Endowment FAQ, Q9
5. ^{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 |edition= |editor1-last=Bridgman |editor1-first=Leonard |year=1947 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co |location=London |page=256c}}
- Bibliography
- {{cite web | title=Luscombe |work=aerofiles.com |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_luscom.html |accessdate=2008-10-17}}
- {{cite web |title=FAQ |work=The Luscombe Endowment |url=http://luscombe.org/index.php?page=f-a-q |accessdate=2008-10-17 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916192043/http://luscombe.org/index.php?page=f-a-q |archivedate=2008-09-16 |df= }}
- {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury |pages= }}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages= }}
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